i popped the hood today while the rex was running and noticed one of the fuel lines running to the carb was leaking...... it is the one that has the metal think inbetween it.. i think its a vaccum or something

i think this is why i have been getting 10mpg....

what do u guys think?

-greg

 

Fix it. Not like its gonna hurt anything if you fix it .

Thats the return line. I have a feeling that it could really affect gas mileage as youre basically just pumping gas ontothe ground then...

Get yourself some new hose, and replace the line. I think its like 3/16" or 1/4". Get some of the larger stuff, I think its 5/16", and do the feed line too. Also get some real clamps while youre at it.

~T.J.

 

well i already fixed it.... i had a foot of new fuel hose laying around.... but i need to get some real hose clamps..... im going to put real hose clamps on every hose in my engine bay....... those cheesy ones that you have to take off with pliers are annoying and unreliable......

thanks RMD.....

-greg

 

The metal cylinder in the middle of the line is a regulator and has an arrow to show direction.

 

Imwith you on the pliers type "hose clamps". I hate them with a passion...

By the way, its actually a one way valve .

~T.J.

 

yeah, make sure the check valve is aimed right or your carb will become a pool.

 

which way is the arrow supposed to point?
away from the carb???

-greg

 

yes.

 

Hey RMD, thanks for straightning out my ***. I got in my head many years ago that it would "regulate" fuel and never needed to know otherwise. I try to learn something new every day, and now I can sleep tonight.
However, here is another tid bit. IF you CAN see the arrow,,,,(it's almost impossible),,,,it points TO the carb. and in fact says CARB on it. This is confirmed in the Haynes book. Although it would make more sense to show the direction of the flow,,,, it doesn't. (or have they changed that sometime?)
So did you get that,,,,,,,,
PedX
Gregs
jeremy
et al

 

Ok, is it a ck valve or a restrictor? I thought it was just a restrictor.