[T3] Injector fuel hose connectors

John L. Morgan IV emailjohnmorgan at gmail.com
Tue Jun 28 16:47:39 PDT 2011


Very helpful.
I will tackle this tomorrow.
Does it matter which injector goes on the left vs. right?
Also, Should I clean the injectors before I put them back in?
They have been working fine.  Dont know if messing with them is the best
idea?

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Gary Forsmo <gbforsmo at gmail.com> wrote:

> *I replaced several lengths of fuel hose on my '69 Variant last summer.
> Including the 1" "stubs" on the injectors.
>
> The originals were metal collar that was swaged(sp?) on to capture the hose
> and seal it to the injector.  I used a fine-tooth, jewelers saw blade to
> carefully cut around 1/2 of the diameter of the injector end of the
> connector and then split the metal with a saw cut.  Then you can peal the
> metal away and the hose slides off.
>
> When I put the new hose back on, I bought the appropriate size VW band
> clamps ($3.64 each) from a VW dealer.  The GEARED hose clamps don't work
> well.  They cut the rubber hose.
>
> I spent the money for the VW clamps, because they are a solid metal band
> and
> I feel they seal the hi-pressure hose to the injectors, much better.  They
> haven't leaked since.
>
> Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
> Lake Geneva, WI
> *
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