318 is Fuel Lines??

Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:56 pm

Got my new 318 IS on saturday, it had been standing for about a month, and fuel has started to leak from somwhere in the engine bay! i think its cracked fuel lines. any other suggestions of what it could be? HELP!!!!

Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:08 pm

You got it in one. Cracked rubber fuel lines.
Simple cure - change them!

Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:36 pm

Did mine early this year. Relatively straighforward to do. While you are at it it is worth replacing all the breather hoses as these are probably perished as well.

You can see a couple of pictures on my web site by clicking here.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/martinclan/318ispictures.htm

Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:43 pm

martinclan wrote:Did mine early this year. Relatively straighforward to do. While you are at it it is worth replacing all the breather hoses as these are probably perished as well.

You can see a couple of pictures on my web site by clicking here.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/martinclan/318ispictures.htm

Nice pics of the Marlin build there.
Regarding the iS throttle body water pipes. These are better off left off the TB altogether and joined together to maintain flow.
Temperatures in the UK very rarely get down to the point where TB icing is likely.

Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:33 am

Brianmoooore wrote:Regarding the iS throttle body water pipes. These are better off left off the TB altogether and joined together to maintain flow.
Temperatures in the UK very rarely get down to the point where TB icing is likely.

Thanks for the tip Brian. Next time I have it to bits to replace the vacuum hoses I will do as you suggest.

Cheers

Robin