Dunno where my fuel smell's coming from. FPD wasn't leaking, but replaced it with a banjo bolt anyway. So now I'm looking to replace my fuel lines (which look old and cracked anyways). What options do I have?

 

You can go to the nearest auto parts store and get some 5/16" ID fuel hose. Make sure it says something to the effect of "fuel injection rated". Napa, Kragen, and just about every other auto parts store will have it.

Or you can get expensive and get steel braided hose, change out the banjo bolts on the fuel rails with -AN fittings, and go that route.

 

High pressure fuel injection hose is pretty expensive already. I think last time I bought some it was 8 or 12 cents/inch.

 

you guys in cali get taxed like no other . over here its .80 cents a foot if not cheaper

 

Jumper the yellow fuel pump check connector by the RHS strut tower in the engine bay, turn the ignition on, grab a torch and look for leaking fuel. This will save you the money spent randomly replacing okay parts until you find the culprit. Don't forget to remove the jumper wire before driving.

Actually before you do that, check all the evaporative emissions hoses to and from the charcoal cannister, plus the cannister itself. It's job is to absorb fuel vapours while the engine's not running, so any damage will cause a fuel smell.

 

<weeny>Note: A "torch" may also be known as a "flashlight" in the US parts.. don't go looking for fuel leaks using an open flame.. :p </weeny>

 

you could have rusted steel lines if your car has been subjected to salt and bad road contions. or your car has been sitting a while. and thier about $115 from the dealer which is the only place you can get then. but lets not hope its that. and i bought 20' of fuel injection hose for $25. but now i dont have to worry about getting more hose

 

exactly what I was going to recommend. All the people that I know of that removed thier charcoal canistor have mentioned fuel smells coming from the engine bay.


LMAO at the torch, I was convinced NZconvertable that you meant get a blowtorch and start lighting fuel fumes up to find them! lol

 

Well it would work wouldn't it?

Yeah, that would be torch as in a flashlight, not a gas torch.

 

Well, the fuel smell's coming from the driver's side of the car.

 

You need to be looking at the vacuum and fuel hose diagram in the FSM. It clearly shows where the hoses you need to check are.