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Reply #15March 12, 2014, 06:00:37 pm

ReubenG

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Re: fuel injection line (cylinder 2) cracked in half!!
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2014, 06:00:37 pm »
I got it done very easily. I ended up NOT re-installing the clamp for cylinders 1 & 2 injector lines because I would have had to force them closer together... this might have been what caused the breakage of the line in the first place. I observed the vibration of the #2 line shortly after starting the engine and that line probably vibrates the least amount of the 4, so I'm not worried.

Reply #16March 16, 2014, 01:24:36 pm

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Re: fuel injection line (cylinder 2) cracked in half!!
« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2014, 01:24:36 pm »
I got it done very easily. I ended up NOT re-installing the clamp for cylinders 1 & 2 injector lines because I would have had to force them closer together... this might have been what caused the breakage of the line in the first place. I observed the vibration of the #2 line shortly after starting the engine and that line probably vibrates the least amount of the 4, so I'm not worried.

Line #1 or #2 will most likely break very soon with no clamps on them. Believe me, I left the clamps off before I knew any better, and broke a line within 2 days of driving it again. It's amazing how much those clamps actually do.
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Reply #17March 17, 2014, 04:50:14 pm

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Re: fuel injection line (cylinder 2) cracked in half!!
« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2014, 04:50:14 pm »
 In the pic it looks very close to the aluminum tab on the pump, near where it broke.
 Those weren't somehow vibrating against each other?
 There is a place with more durable #2 lines but I can't remember where,.. ebay?
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Reply #18March 25, 2014, 01:02:27 pm

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Re: fuel injection line (cylinder 2) cracked in half!!
« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2014, 01:02:27 pm »
There is no way I can install the clamp without causing extreme pressure to the line. And I don't think there is another location for that clamp...

Reply #19March 25, 2014, 01:22:35 pm

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Re: fuel injection line (cylinder 2) cracked in half!!
« Reply #19 on: March 25, 2014, 01:22:35 pm »
Then you probably have a bent or wrong line in your set.

Reply #20March 25, 2014, 02:46:05 pm

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Re: fuel injection line (cylinder 2) cracked in half!!
« Reply #20 on: March 25, 2014, 02:46:05 pm »
Bent or wrong line or you need to loosen all the lines at both the injectors and pump and allow them to "relax" into a position where they're not stressed and then re-tighten and install clamps.

Reply #21March 27, 2014, 09:02:47 am

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Re: fuel injection line (cylinder 2) cracked in half!!
« Reply #21 on: March 27, 2014, 09:02:47 am »
In the pic it looks very close to the aluminum tab on the pump, near where it broke.
 Those weren't somehow vibrating against each other?
 There is a place with more durable #2 lines but I can't remember where,.. ebay?
That pump is rotated so far back and close to the lines,.. you might think about jumping the timing a tooth so you can pull the top of the pump forward and away from the lines,.. makes it easier to change glow plugs too.
Tornado red, '91 Golf 4 door, with M-TDI 12mm pump, south bend clutch, VNT-15 turbo, 02A trany
MK4s: 2000 TDI jetta, 2003 TDI wagon, 2000 golf 2.0 gasser.
'84 Rabbit with 1.7TD KY block pistons bored to 80mm, VNT-15
'84 GTI with stock 1.6TD starion intercooler.