Fuel leak: Is this a common area?
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From: Lansing, MI
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
So I installed a set of 784 injectors, and afterward noticed the smell of fuel coming from my Jeep.
I immediately thought it was the injectors, turns out it's the fuel line.
From the fuel rail, there's a rubber hose which goes down by the exhaust manifold, and connects to a steel fuel line which runs down under the body.
That fuel line is attached to the manifold by a little clamp... I don't know the name of that particular type, but if you're looking at the side of it, it looks like a lower case "b", and the fuel line goes through the circle part of the "b", while the line part has the screw in it, holding it to the manifold.
That's exactly where it's leaking. My guess is that it was rusted a bit, and the minor twisting from moving the fuel rail while doing the injector swap fractured it.
Is this common?
If not, maybe this information will help some of you with mysterious fuel leaks...
I'm going to splice in a repair for now, but i want to replace the entire fuel line. Does anyone sell a pre-bent line, or do I have to bend my own?
I immediately thought it was the injectors, turns out it's the fuel line.
From the fuel rail, there's a rubber hose which goes down by the exhaust manifold, and connects to a steel fuel line which runs down under the body.
That fuel line is attached to the manifold by a little clamp... I don't know the name of that particular type, but if you're looking at the side of it, it looks like a lower case "b", and the fuel line goes through the circle part of the "b", while the line part has the screw in it, holding it to the manifold.
That's exactly where it's leaking. My guess is that it was rusted a bit, and the minor twisting from moving the fuel rail while doing the injector swap fractured it.
Is this common?
If not, maybe this information will help some of you with mysterious fuel leaks...
I'm going to splice in a repair for now, but i want to replace the entire fuel line. Does anyone sell a pre-bent line, or do I have to bend my own?
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