Re: [DML] Re: Loose fuel lines - why??

["Tom" <tomciodmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Thank you for your reply... That's right, I'm 100% polish and proud of it :) 
so, you couldn't offend me by saying that... you bastard (just kidding - big 
smile here).
Seriously though, I did not forget to tighten them. I remember doing it. 
Another thing is that I had the car running for good 30 minutes and 
everything was fine. They got loose after the engine cooled down completely.
It's possible that my torque wrench is messed up, as suggested. I redid all 
the lines with higher torque and everything is OK now. It seems that it's 
time for a new torque wrench. I didn't realize how important it was to use 
the correct amount of force on those bolts. And this is a serious problem... 
I really didn't like the fuel spraying all over the engine compartment - 
good thing the engine was cold.

That's all for now, I got the problem corrected.
Thank you
Tom Niemczewski
jamesik@xxxxx
VIN 6149 (in Poland!)
Save the dream so you can live the dream...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 10:50 PM
Subject: [DML] Re: Loose fuel lines - why??


> Disregard my previous post on this. I will bet you just forgot to
> tighten them, they are all on the same component. Tighten them up like
> you did the others and you should be fine. This happens to experienced
> mechanics all the time too. They get interupted and when they resume
> they miss a step. That or it is your Polish heritige. No offense, I am
> part Polish too.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
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> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joseph Kuchan" <josephkuchan@xxxx> wrote:
>> Maybe your torque wrench went way out of spec? I had a cheapy torque
> wrench
>> that went out of spec the other way - it was over-torquing
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