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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Gallagher
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 5:25 PM
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Subject: [MBZ] Emergency Road Service: Small fuel leak
Gents/Ladies:
Ready to go on a trip tomorrow and noticed a small fuel leak on the
hoses looping to/from
You'll be seeing my black exhaust tomorrow on 93N going to Quebec City
.. with plastic tubing as a repair kit at hand, will purchase the
braided fabric cover hose at the dealer in Quebec ... Thanks again...
Bill
1981 300 TD
LT Don wrote:
Yea, agreed BUT ... he is leaving tomorrow and
Sounds like a return line to me.
Dwight Giles, Jr.
1979 240D auto, 243K+ miles
Wickford RI
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Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 5:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Emergency Road Service
] Emergency Road Service: Small fuel leak
Gents/Ladies:
Ready to go on a trip tomorrow and noticed a small fuel leak on the
hoses looping to/from the injectors. While the engine running, you see
no visible leak but tough the hose and a small amount of diesel fuel is
on your finger ... the hose
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Subject: [MBZ] Emergency Road Service: Small fuel leak
Gents/Ladies:
Ready to go on a trip tomorrow and noticed a small fuel leak on the
hoses looping to/from the injectors. While the engine running, you see
no visible leak but tough the hose and a small amount of diesel fuel
Gents/Ladies:
Ready to go on a trip tomorrow and noticed a small fuel leak on the
hoses looping to/from the injectors. While the engine running, you see
no visible leak but tough the hose and a small amount of diesel fuel is
on your finger ... the hose itself is darker in color as well as
I ran that way for months (maybe in excess of a year) before I fixed it. No
danger other than maybe a small drop in mpg.
On 8/12/05, Bill Gallagher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gents/Ladies:
Ready to go on a trip tomorrow and noticed a small fuel leak on the
hoses looping to/from the
If you're talking about the fabric-covered rubber hoses, those are the
return lines. Low pressure, but if they're leaking it's the MB way of
telling you that the hoses have gone brittle and are going to fail.
The leak will become worse and you'll have people sniffing and saying
Are you leaking
Yea, agreed BUT ... he is leaving tomorrow and the dealer is closed. I
think that was his question: leave or panic? The answer, from my experience,
is go on the trip.
On 8/12/05, Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you're talking about the fabric-covered rubber hoses, those are the
