blown 87

Be very afraid of your fuel lines.

At first glance and on a closer inspection my fuel lines on my 87 looked pretty good. When I went to change a couple of them I got a real shock. It is a wonder I had not burned this car to the ground.

The line between the fuel rails at the front had almost rubbed a hole into it where it had been in contact with the oil filler neck, the spot was right at 2mm deep.




The replacement hose was almost 10mm longer so they must have updated this part to correct this problem.


It cleared the oil filler neck but I went ahead and took the rubber part of an Adell clamp and used a cable tie to hold it in place for added abrasion protection.



The hose that goes at the rear of the engine on the fuel regulator on the passenger side of the that has hose clamps on it was down right scary, it was cracked, swollen and looked like it was about to burst.





Greg N

chaadster

Thanks for the reminder to check those out, Greg, and thanks for the pics...they really bring home the gravity of the situation.

Steve J.

Great post! A good wake-up call for us to check our fuel hoses. I had difficulty finding that particular hose and improvised one from a VW hose.

sprio

Thanks, Greg. I just had a lot of work done on my 87, but did not think to ask to have the fuel lines checked out. Guess I'll be looking at them now!

ROG100

Steve,
What is the Porsche part number for the hose you substituted the VW for?
Is it 928.110.359.08?
I assume it is held in place with hose clamps?
Best,
Roger

Steve J.

hmmm... good question Rog. I'm not finding it in Pet5 or the parts catalog. 928.110.359.08 is shown with connectors and fits MY '90 and newer. The hose in question uses clamps. It's between the engine and firewall.

Art_Z

that happend to me on my Suzuki GSXR 750 .. one of the hoses dry rotted and as I was driving and came to a stop I smelled gas. I was amazed the bike did not go up in flames.

ROG100

This is what happens if you don't change the hoses.
This car was an absolutly pristine car till it caught fire.
Only burned for less than 10 miniutes.
Owner was not insured for fire.
Big Lesson to us all.

macreel

D%#n Roger, the sun just peeked out from behind the overcast,
until I saw your 'shark BBQ' pic.

That looks like it was down in your neck of the woods.
Not one of your stable I hope.

G'luck.

blown 87

It did not take long to total that one.

Mine is not leaving the shop until I have everything done, except for the paint and interior.

borland

Saw this engine fire discard today.... ONE LUG NUT, is all that's left ....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...QQcmdZViewItem

Shark Attack

get that damn Chevy out of the pix....

UKKid35

I showed my gf those pics, she now has a much clearer understanding as to why I spent all Saturday working on my car replacing fuel lines (and the hood release cable too - even I am not that slow!)

Wild Bill

I just ordered all the engine compartment hoses for my '88 today. Before going this route I studied the DIY approach of cutting off the old rubber bits and replacing them with new hose and clamps. Also checked with a couple of hydraulic hose places about rebuilding them.

I never got completely comfortable with the DIY thing and the bozos at the hydraulic shops wanted $200.00 to butcher mine... Especially didn't have a lot of confidence in the one grease monkey who kept ranting about... " I never done lines for a PORSH before... 'em are $200,000.00 cars aren't they? Well, Golly! I won't make a dime building 'em for ya, but I'll do it just for the challenge and to say I did it. Oh, but I can't guarantee 'em..."

Yeah, right!!!

cambria

I got my hose from 928 International, in stock and about $10.