A friend broke a #2 injector line awhile back,.. I swapped him some maple syrup for a used one installed.
I warned him that once the #2 line breaks it tends to break again after the repair and I heard a stronger one is available on ebay.
Well he put several hundred miles on it and things looked good.
Until he took a long trip south.
He's heading south toward Texas. Is going to try to plumb that line into a bottle.
If there is anyone in the area with a spare #2 injector line his number is 512 5229 his name is Jason. area code is 641
This is the first time I've seen this happen, but I've heard of it and seen one picture.
Both times the injector line looked very close to the pump's idle adjuster bolt mount,.. and cracked right near that mount.
I don't understand why it happens but maybe rotating the top of the pump so it sits farther away from the lines by jumping a tooth and setting the top farther away might be the cure.
Where at? I'm in Kansas City right now, and I saw a mk2 diesel on the side of the road earlier today. I would have stopped but nobody was at the car.
If the line is breaking repeatedly then there is almost certainly a missing mounting bolt on the bottom of the injection pump below the high pressure head. Or someone is adjusting the timing without loosening the lines...
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Do you boil your own syrup fatmobile?
No I trade for VW work for maple syrup, ha.
There were no loose injection pump mounting bolts. I checked after the first one broke. That usually causes surging anyway and he wasn't having problems with that.
And all the lines were loosened, especially the one I replaced so it shouldn't have broken a second time.
I forgot to mention it is a MK1 Jetta with a 1.6.
My buddy sent him an injector line so he should be good until he gets back.
I still think it has something to do with the pump being turned so far back, close to the injectors. Jump a tooth and rotate it away from the lines and it might be less stress on the line.
sometimes the bracket supporting/stabilizing the lines will not fit properly - and cause excess pressure on the line(s).