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I wanted to replace the rubber fuel line between the RHS rail and front damper. I've got all the correct line wrenches (the connection to the rail on the LHS came off fine as part of intake job I'm in middle of), but the connection to the damper would not budge — the 15mm counter hold on the damper rounded off (but if I use this damper I can counter hold using the fitting on the other side ok).
The only way I could see to get the fuel line connection off was by dremeling a cut on each side of the nut. This worked fine, but you can see on the photos that I went a bit too far on each side, and ending up cutting into the male thread on the damper.
The photos show the connection end on where you can see the depth of the notches cut into each side, then the cuts along the length of each thread. A fuel nut still spins on fine.
My question is whether it's still safe to use? It looks safe to me as the nut holds the fuel line to the tapered interior of the connection, but I wouldn't take any chances with fuel which is why I'm replacing the fuel line itself though it showed no signs of wear or failure. Oh and those dampers have become very expensive since I last looked! (The lighting makes the connection look dark and dirty, but in fact it's a bright brass colour).
Not pretty but if your sealing surface is untouched then you might consider re using IMHO....given the cost of these things and in which case future failure could only be poor running?
Not sure if you can bench test the pressure damping function but assume the car ran fine before you stripped it..
Not pretty but if your sealing surface is untouched then you might consider re using IMHO....given the cost of these things and in which case future failure could only be poor running?
Not sure if you can bench test the pressure damping function but assume the car ran fine before you stripped it..
Thanks for advice and yes, the car was running like a train before I started taking it to bits!
I would replace it
this part has already been damaged by over tightening given the difficulty of removing the original line
Note put some anti seize on the threads and the back of the ball seal to make removal easier
10-12-2019, 07:24 PM
Is this fuel damper safe to use?
