Left for dead in my A4
12-01-2006, 08:43 PM
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Re: Left for dead in my A4
maybe the filter was not secured to the vehicle and it vibrated and cracked
the line going to it.
just a wild guess!
"Ralph A. Barbagallo III" <""r a l p h \"@ n o p r o c e s s e d m e a t f l
a r b . c o m"> wrote in message
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> Yeah I forgot to ask that. The only thing I can point to is I just
> refueled my car maybe 30 mins before it broke down. Could filling the car
> up somehow damage the fuel line in a freak incident? What's this thing
> made of anyway?
>
> dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:
>> thanks for the update and glad you are back rolling.
>> Well since the previous owner might have done some "mods" to your Audi,
>> that could explain things like a busted fuel line. I would still want to
>> know HOW it broke? flexing, something rubbing against it, or ???
>>
>>
>> "Ralph A. Barbagallo III" <""r a l p h \"@ n o p r o c e s s e d m e a t
>> f l a r b . c o m"> wrote in message
>> news:O92dnb9YP4MY-fPYnZ2dnUVZ_sOdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> Just got it back--busted fuel line. I thought they said the fuel pump
>>> was broken and they replaced it, but looking at the work order it looks
>>> like they just replaced the fuel line and fuel filter. There was a fuel
>>> leak which was the source of the gas smell too.
>>>
>>> I learn something new about this car every time I bring it in--I got it
>>> used about a year ago (it's a 2004). The first time I discovered that
>>> the previous owner had installed glow lights under the car that were
>>> unplugged (ugh--those were kind of cool......in 1993) This time I
>>> discovered that the front and rear air dam/spoiler whatever are
>>> custom--not Audi stock. (Some kind of body mod that goes under the
>>> bumpers) They're actually made of plastic. Fantastic. You can't
>>> really tell--well I can't tell, but that's because I'm not a car guy.
>>> But why would someone do that to the already gorgeous stock Audi?
>>>
>>> No wonder why my Audi owning friends that recommended the car were
>>> mystified at the body kit when I got it.
>>
the line going to it.
just a wild guess!
"Ralph A. Barbagallo III" <""r a l p h \"@ n o p r o c e s s e d m e a t f l
a r b . c o m"> wrote in message
news:woWdnWZO4JT8S-3YnZ2dnUVZ_omdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Yeah I forgot to ask that. The only thing I can point to is I just
> refueled my car maybe 30 mins before it broke down. Could filling the car
> up somehow damage the fuel line in a freak incident? What's this thing
> made of anyway?
>
> dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:
>> thanks for the update and glad you are back rolling.
>> Well since the previous owner might have done some "mods" to your Audi,
>> that could explain things like a busted fuel line. I would still want to
>> know HOW it broke? flexing, something rubbing against it, or ???
>>
>>
>> "Ralph A. Barbagallo III" <""r a l p h \"@ n o p r o c e s s e d m e a t
>> f l a r b . c o m"> wrote in message
>> news:O92dnb9YP4MY-fPYnZ2dnUVZ_sOdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> Just got it back--busted fuel line. I thought they said the fuel pump
>>> was broken and they replaced it, but looking at the work order it looks
>>> like they just replaced the fuel line and fuel filter. There was a fuel
>>> leak which was the source of the gas smell too.
>>>
>>> I learn something new about this car every time I bring it in--I got it
>>> used about a year ago (it's a 2004). The first time I discovered that
>>> the previous owner had installed glow lights under the car that were
>>> unplugged (ugh--those were kind of cool......in 1993) This time I
>>> discovered that the front and rear air dam/spoiler whatever are
>>> custom--not Audi stock. (Some kind of body mod that goes under the
>>> bumpers) They're actually made of plastic. Fantastic. You can't
>>> really tell--well I can't tell, but that's because I'm not a car guy.
>>> But why would someone do that to the already gorgeous stock Audi?
>>>
>>> No wonder why my Audi owning friends that recommended the car were
>>> mystified at the body kit when I got it.
>>
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