Just put a crack in my fuel rail.......
12-27-2012, 03:16 PM
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Just put a crack in my fuel rail....... I went to take an old fitting off of the schrader valve and I bent the part where the valve is connected to the rest of the fuel rail 
. There is a very small crack and it is spraying fuel everywhere under the hood.
I was thinking about trying to find one in the junk yard but that might be slim pickings there. Any ideas how I could fix this? or am I SOL.
. There is a very small crack and it is spraying fuel everywhere under the hood. I was thinking about trying to find one in the junk yard but that might be slim pickings there. Any ideas how I could fix this? or am I SOL.
12-27-2012, 05:16 PM
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Hit the junk yards. My brother got lucky when his was leaking. Was at my buddies shop and they had a blown up lt1 stitting there. We pulled that and the banjo bolts. May get lucky. Hunt for b,g bodys. Even l99 caprice will work.
12-27-2012, 05:26 PM
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I had the exact same issue - I pulled on the vertical portion (it was bent and tried to bend it back) and it broke completely off - D'oh!!!
So, I disassembled the rail, then used a small length of high pressure fuel line and four high clampload hose clamps to seal the hose at both ends once the rubber line 'sealed' the hole. It worked without issue until I was able to find another fuel rail ***'y off ebay.
(FYI - I got my material in the fuel line section at Advance.)
It can be fixed, you just need to get creative while you find a proper replacement part - Good Luck!
I had the exact same issue - I pulled on the vertical portion (it was bent and tried to bend it back) and it broke completely off - D'oh!!!
So, I disassembled the rail, then used a small length of high pressure fuel line and four high clampload hose clamps to seal the hose at both ends once the rubber line 'sealed' the hole. It worked without issue until I was able to find another fuel rail ***'y off ebay.
(FYI - I got my material in the fuel line section at Advance.)
It can be fixed, you just need to get creative while you find a proper replacement part - Good Luck!
I went to take an old fitting off of the schrader valve and I bent the part where the valve is connected to the rest of the fuel rail . There is a very small crack and it is spraying fuel everywhere under the hood.
I was thinking about trying to find one in the junk yard but that might be slim pickings there. Any ideas how I could fix this? or am I SOL.
. There is a very small crack and it is spraying fuel everywhere under the hood. I was thinking about trying to find one in the junk yard but that might be slim pickings there. Any ideas how I could fix this? or am I SOL.
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12-27-2012, 05:41 PM
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Thanks for the help guys. I'm going to make a run to the junkyard tomorrow morning. Hopefully I get lucky. If not I found one on fleabay for around $25-35 used so worse comes worse I can get that. I have about a week until I go back to school to get it done so I might have to get creative.
But on the bright side I was installing some glowshift gauges when this happened and I'm pretty happy with them.
But on the bright side I was installing some glowshift gauges when this happened and I'm pretty happy with them.
