Subject	’Tis the Season (first morning in the 50’s here)
Posted by	my91z on October 19, 2014 at 1:55 PM
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Message	Fired up the Z for the first time in a year and a half. Let her idle 5 mins and everything seemed fine. Went and ran some errands, came back and started the Z up and let her idle in the driveway with the hood open and with a house window open so I could listen to her idling. About 15 mins later I hear a sound outside, sounds like a weedeater but I think it may be my aux fan on high for some reason. Walk out to check and see a mist coming from the Z’s engine bay. I walk closer and realize it is fuel spraying from the small fuel line at the bottom of the FPR! Fuel is all over the top of the engine, and even after I turn the engine off you can see the fuel vaporizing off the hot engine. Eeek. Got my screwdriver out and checked all the fuel line clamps and many of them were not tight. And the lines are new (hour wise), with mostly new clamps. This is twice I’ve nearly lost the Z to a fuel fire, previously the same section of line ruptured on me right after I had replaced all the lines and was test driving in my neighborhood and I started smelling a lot of raw fuel…… Mike -------------------------------------------------------- SRC="http://images.honesty.com/imagedata/h/402/36/24023634.j pg" BORDER=0> SRC="http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/4913/99m3ttnetsigpic 9564.jpg" BORDER=0>SRC="http://images.honesty.com/imagedata/h/365/13/23651377.g if" ALT="Click here to e-mail me!" BORDER=0>
Follow Ups	’Tis the Season (first morning in the 50’s here) - my91z 13:55:17 10/19/14 Nissan OEM fuel hose with NEW STYLE fuel clamps. (n/m) - dvice 14:17:35 10/19/14 That’s what I have. (n/m) - my91z 18:16:52 10/19/14 Your post mentioned a screwdriver/tightening. - dvice 18:42:08 10/19/14 These are non-serrated from the dealer and are different - my91z 18:50:07 10/19/14 Get the ones in the link I provided. - dvice 20:08:34 10/19/14 I've had mine for about 3yrs now after my TT conversion and - PiotrC70 15:11:57 10/20/14 Oh noes! Glad you caught it in time. Last thing that car - dogpile 15:36:12 10/19/14 lol... is that a subtle dig? - Antihero 14:37:31 10/20/14 Haha, no. His car hasn't had the best luck lately. (n/m) - dogpile 19:46:08 10/20/14 Good post. The OEM fuel hose setup is treacherous! - OverZealous (CT) 23:00:16 10/21/14 Consider turbo oil line insulation next time you're in there - OverZealous (CT) 23:17:31 10/21/14 Re: ’Tis the Season (first morning in the 50’s here) - Lonewolf Z 06:18:34 10/22/14
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