Hello everyone, i havent driven the zed for about a week and as i was heading off to work today in it i thought it smelled rather strongly of fuel, so I popped the bonnet and saw some fuel spraying out around the top of the engine, see pic below. Im pretty sure it was around this nodule thing but I turned off the engine as quick as possible and before i could identify the exact spot. Im pretty sure it was this area as the plug just below it was was saturated. Now I know I cant drive it anywhere to get fixed, and anything to do with fuel scares me to try fix and I need to be studying for exams that start next week, so my question is firstly. Is replacing this fuel line section an easy task that I could knock off in an hour or is it something that might take a while? Secondly, if it is something that will take up all day (for me anyway) would someone please be able to come help me sort it out? I have exams from next week and leave the country the day after my last exam and will be gone for ages so I really need to get this sorted hopefully early next week. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.
To replace all these hoses will take under an hour, go get some high quality EFI hose (gates brand is recommended), relieve the pressure on the fuel system under the bonnet by removing the fuel pump fusable linkage and cranking a few times (that way you won't spray fuel everywhere). Also remember to have a bunch of rags around to soak up fuel that might pour out. Simply undo the old clamps and pull the hose off, or carefully cut it off if its that old and hard, slip the hose clamps onto the new hose section (cut to the correct length) and put them back on and tighten up. Make sure that you have the screws on the hose clamps pointing up so that you can tighten them when everything is back together. With the hoses that have the cover put over them, slip this cover off and onto the new hose as I believe they are there for fire protection.
pretty easy to replace, your clamps may also just need to be tightened or replaced(if they cant be tightened any more because the rubber had squashed down, you can move the clamp to where the rubber is not squashed for a quick fix), there is also a chance your fuel dampener has sprung a leak.
thanks for the help guys, just a few more questions, are the hoses coming in and going out of the fuel dampener the same? And are there meant to be hose clamps at ever single join? Because in my car there arent, as can be seen by the hose on the left. Also due to having no time at all for the learning experience I am willing to pay for someone to come help. Thanks again guys
Hose The hose at the left is the vacuumn hose that operates the fuel damper, no it does not need a clamp. just replace the other hoses with the correct size hose and you will be right for a while
thanks for that, so is there any need to replace the hose to the left or any of those other types of hoses? I feel so lucky that i checked otherwise im sure i wouldnt have a unburnt zed today
when your removing the hoses, they can be very hard to get off, to make it a little easier get some plier's and twist them left to right to break the seal the rubber has on the metal.
thanks, any melbourne people who have changed fuel lines before want to make a quick buck? really got no time to do it myself
All done, stangest thing though, Before i changed them over i started the car to observe the leak and not a drop came out :/ and the other day it was spraying out like a sprinkler. Anyway changed them all over, the ones near the battery were tricky but all in all an easy job.
