| Runs Great!
Update…
Today I just changed my fuel line from nylon to metal. Thanks RDHambrice, dp102288, Ranger, Klarkz71 and 9BlackN*Black, for the advice and for the ebay tip.
The whole process took me about 3 hour. The most difficult part was to disconnect the fuel line from the main lines (looks like you need a special tool for those clips, I managed to disconnect them eventually using a plain ordinary knife, but I wouldn’t recommended).
The metal fuel line fit like a glove the only problem was, as you will se in the pictures, the new line has a bent end while the old one is straight. This is why, unfortunately, I bent the nylon incoming main line (in two places). So right now I kind of need to cut the bent portion and reattach it to the metal end connector (anyway is too long for the new setting, this is why got bent in the first place). Anybody knows how (looks pretty tight, does it work with heat or how?). Another thing is due to the fact that the fuel line brackets are held by the same lugs that hold the beauty cover; I had a hard time to put the cover back (the lugs are slightly shifted). As for the EGR valve, I regret that I opened, was clean as a whistle.
So, after 40 miles with the new fuel line and 1000 miles with the new plugs and wiring I can safely say that the car RUNS GREAT. The RPM needle is rock solid at around 600 RPM, no more shakes no more misfires and no more gas smell (except from the fuel tank filler neck, I have to fix that sometime).
Next is the auxiliary input project for the HU. I got to find the time for it cause we are living the MP3/Ipod era.
Here are the pictures from the fuel line replacement project (sorry for the dirt, we just finished the winter here, but that engine will be clean again in a few weeks).
P.S. Now I know why the bracket holding together the old fuel lines was cut - they changed the return hose (under the TB). |