[T3] smelling gas

John L. Morgan IV emailjohnmorgan at gmail.com
Thu Aug 18 07:01:23 PDT 2011


engine end, on the passenger side.
looks like the line has a cut in it...not leaking at the clamp.
it seems easy to disconnect the one end, leading into the rear seat area,
but
the other end, which leads into the engine area, seems trickier.

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 18 Aug 2011 at 9:43, John L. Morgan IV wrote:
>
> > found the leak!
> > it is dripping at the rubber tube, under car that seems to go from the
> > tunnel to the engine...might be 1 ft. in length.  will try
> > tightening the hose clamp as a temp fix.
>
> Good! Which end of the car, which side?
>
> It will probably require replacement of the hose, and you should just
> replace all the hoses at that end of the car, unless the others have
> already been replaced. If you try to replace that one, the others
> that are equally old will probably leak after you disturb them in the
> process of replacing the one.
>
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