Rusted quick-disconnect fuel lines
04-14-2007, 06:15 PM
#1
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Rusted quick-disconnect fuel lines
And so continues the saga that is my lemon of a corvette 
[cliff notes]
Faulty fuel lines' quick disconnect fittings have corroded, causing catastrophic failure.
I need to know if anyone knows where I can find some replacement passenger side hoses.
Does anyone know of a TSB/Recall?
[/cliff notes]
I was driving to work on monday when I noticed a fuel smell and the car started misfiring. I didn't make a connection and figured it was misfiring because my headers had perhaps burned my MSD wires; it was raining out.
Wrong.
About 30 seconds later, I noticed that my fuel had gone from 1/2 tank to 1/4 tank since I'd last remembered looking at the gauge. I immediately turned around to head back home. As I went around a corner my car almost spun..... this was when I realized (kinda) what was going on.
Made it about a mile (to a gas station) and pulled into the gas station with my DIC indicating reserve fuel.
As I stepped out of the car, I noticed fuel spraying on the ground directly in front of my driver's side tire (thus the reason the car stepped VERY sideways when going around a turn at a resonably slow speed/low lateral acceleration).
I immediately turned the car off and called a wrecker, figuring the quick disconnect had come loose at the fuel filter.
When he showed up, he jacked up the back of the car so I could see if the quick disconn was the problem so I could just put it back in place and drive the car home.
No such luck...
Apparently my the quick disconnect fittings at the end of the rubber hoses exiting the sending unit have corroded, this on a car which has no other corrosion that I can find. On the driver's side it looks almost like galvanic corrosion.
Driver's side:
Passenger side:
I ordered the three driver's side lines from Gene Culley yesterday. Given that it appears at least one of my passenger's side units may give me a prob in the near future, I wanted to order that, too, but he stated it is DISCONTINUED.
Quite frankly, this car is testing my patience. I have fixed approximately 30 issues on it in the one year I've owned it. Many have been attributable to the ignorance of the prior owner, but as of late, it's beginning to be probs related to defective GM manufacturing.
My questions:
Does anyone know where I can find some new passenger side replacement hoses?
Does anyone have any used (non-corroded) ones they'd be willing to part with?
Has anyone pieced together some replacements from components?
Is anyone aware of a recall/TSB on this? I couldn't find one.
TIA.
[cliff notes]
Faulty fuel lines' quick disconnect fittings have corroded, causing catastrophic failure.
I need to know if anyone knows where I can find some replacement passenger side hoses.
Does anyone know of a TSB/Recall?
[/cliff notes]
I was driving to work on monday when I noticed a fuel smell and the car started misfiring. I didn't make a connection and figured it was misfiring because my headers had perhaps burned my MSD wires; it was raining out.
Wrong.
About 30 seconds later, I noticed that my fuel had gone from 1/2 tank to 1/4 tank since I'd last remembered looking at the gauge. I immediately turned around to head back home. As I went around a corner my car almost spun..... this was when I realized (kinda) what was going on.
Made it about a mile (to a gas station) and pulled into the gas station with my DIC indicating reserve fuel.
As I stepped out of the car, I noticed fuel spraying on the ground directly in front of my driver's side tire (thus the reason the car stepped VERY sideways when going around a turn at a resonably slow speed/low lateral acceleration).
I immediately turned the car off and called a wrecker, figuring the quick disconnect had come loose at the fuel filter.
When he showed up, he jacked up the back of the car so I could see if the quick disconn was the problem so I could just put it back in place and drive the car home.
No such luck...
Apparently my the quick disconnect fittings at the end of the rubber hoses exiting the sending unit have corroded, this on a car which has no other corrosion that I can find. On the driver's side it looks almost like galvanic corrosion.
Driver's side:
Passenger side:
I ordered the three driver's side lines from Gene Culley yesterday. Given that it appears at least one of my passenger's side units may give me a prob in the near future, I wanted to order that, too, but he stated it is DISCONTINUED.
Quite frankly, this car is testing my patience. I have fixed approximately 30 issues on it in the one year I've owned it. Many have been attributable to the ignorance of the prior owner, but as of late, it's beginning to be probs related to defective GM manufacturing.
My questions:
Does anyone know where I can find some new passenger side replacement hoses?
Does anyone have any used (non-corroded) ones they'd be willing to part with?
Has anyone pieced together some replacements from components?
Is anyone aware of a recall/TSB on this? I couldn't find one.
TIA.
Last edited by nitrojunky; 02-21-2010 at 09:44 PM. Reason: someone removed my images.
04-14-2007, 08:14 PM
#3
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
The car spent some time up north, however the rest of the car looks like it was garaged, i.e. there is no rust on any of the suspension bolts, engine bolts, etc. I've had quite a bit of the car apart now, and it appears to be in very good shape, corrosion-wise. The fuel lines they connect are dirty but rust-free.
The oxidation appears to be isolated to just the quick disconnect fittings on the rubber lines.
I'm curious if anyone else has run into this.
The oxidation appears to be isolated to just the quick disconnect fittings on the rubber lines.
I'm curious if anyone else has run into this.
04-14-2007, 08:21 PM
#4
Race Director
And so continues the saga that is my lemon of a corvette
[cliff notes]
Faulty fuel lines' quick disconnect fittings have corroded, causing catastrophic failure.
I need to know if anyone knows where I can find some replacement passenger side hoses.
Does anyone know of a TSB/Recall?
[/cliff notes]
I was driving to work on monday when I noticed a fuel smell and the car started misfiring. I didn't make a connection and figured it was misfiring because my headers had perhaps burned my MSD wires; it was raining out.
Wrong.
About 30 seconds later, I noticed that my fuel had gone from 1/2 tank to 1/4 tank since I'd last remembered looking at the gauge. I immediately turned around to head back home. As I went around a corner my car almost spun..... this was when I realized (kinda) what was going on.
Made it about a mile (to a gas station) and pulled into the gas station with my DIC indicating reserve fuel.
As I stepped out of the car, I noticed fuel spraying on the ground directly in front of my driver's side tire (thus the reason the car stepped VERY sideways when going around a turn at a resonably slow speed/low lateral acceleration).
I immediately turned the car off and called a wrecker, figuring the quick disconnect had come loose at the fuel filter.
When he showed up, he jacked up the back of the car so I could see if the quick disconn was the problem so I could just put it back in place and drive the car home.
No such luck...
Apparently my the quick disconnect fittings at the end of the rubber hoses exiting the sending unit have corroded, this on a car which has no other corrosion that I can find. On the driver's side it looks almost like galvanic corrosion.
Driver's side:
Passenger side:
I ordered the three driver's side lines from Gene Culley yesterday. Given that it appears at least one of my passenger's side units may give me a prob in the near future, I wanted to order that, too, but he stated it is DISCONTINUED.
Quite frankly, this car is testing my patience. I have fixed approximately 30 issues on it in the one year I've owned it. Many have been attributable to the ignorance of the prior owner, but as of late, it's beginning to be probs related to defective GM manufacturing.
My questions:
Does anyone know where I can find some new passenger side replacement hoses?
Does anyone have any used (non-corroded) ones they'd be willing to part with?
Has anyone pieced together some replacements from components?
Is anyone aware of a recall/TSB on this? I couldn't find one.
TIA.
[cliff notes]
Faulty fuel lines' quick disconnect fittings have corroded, causing catastrophic failure.
I need to know if anyone knows where I can find some replacement passenger side hoses.
Does anyone know of a TSB/Recall?
[/cliff notes]
I was driving to work on monday when I noticed a fuel smell and the car started misfiring. I didn't make a connection and figured it was misfiring because my headers had perhaps burned my MSD wires; it was raining out.
Wrong.
About 30 seconds later, I noticed that my fuel had gone from 1/2 tank to 1/4 tank since I'd last remembered looking at the gauge. I immediately turned around to head back home. As I went around a corner my car almost spun..... this was when I realized (kinda) what was going on.
Made it about a mile (to a gas station) and pulled into the gas station with my DIC indicating reserve fuel.
As I stepped out of the car, I noticed fuel spraying on the ground directly in front of my driver's side tire (thus the reason the car stepped VERY sideways when going around a turn at a resonably slow speed/low lateral acceleration).
I immediately turned the car off and called a wrecker, figuring the quick disconnect had come loose at the fuel filter.
When he showed up, he jacked up the back of the car so I could see if the quick disconn was the problem so I could just put it back in place and drive the car home.
No such luck...
Apparently my the quick disconnect fittings at the end of the rubber hoses exiting the sending unit have corroded, this on a car which has no other corrosion that I can find. On the driver's side it looks almost like galvanic corrosion.
Driver's side:
Passenger side:
I ordered the three driver's side lines from Gene Culley yesterday. Given that it appears at least one of my passenger's side units may give me a prob in the near future, I wanted to order that, too, but he stated it is DISCONTINUED.
Quite frankly, this car is testing my patience. I have fixed approximately 30 issues on it in the one year I've owned it. Many have been attributable to the ignorance of the prior owner, but as of late, it's beginning to be probs related to defective GM manufacturing.
My questions:
Does anyone know where I can find some new passenger side replacement hoses?
Does anyone have any used (non-corroded) ones they'd be willing to part with?
Has anyone pieced together some replacements from components?
Is anyone aware of a recall/TSB on this? I couldn't find one.
TIA.
Keep the faith..it'll work out.
04-14-2007, 08:38 PM
#5
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
If you knew my experiences with this car, you'd probably be encouraging me to park it on the bad side of town with the keys in the ingnition... but it would probably break down on the thieves before they got more than a block.
Seriously, tho... anyone know where I can pick up a set of the passenger side hoses? Dealers, vendors have any input?
04-14-2007, 08:44 PM
#6
Drifting
Try here:
http://www.geneskarshop.com/
BTW, those tie wraps, insulation and caps things are not present on my car.
http://www.geneskarshop.com/
BTW, those tie wraps, insulation and caps things are not present on my car.
04-14-2007, 09:38 PM
#7
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Try here:
http://www.geneskarshop.com/
BTW, those tie wraps, insulation and caps things are not present on my car.
http://www.geneskarshop.com/
BTW, those tie wraps, insulation and caps things are not present on my car.
04-14-2007, 10:17 PM
#8
Team Owner
Not on mine either. Looks homemade. (At least the insulation/ty-wrap part). Those caps look like they're tailor made to trap water, etc.
04-14-2007, 10:23 PM
#9
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Great. So it looks like I attribute another failure to one of the prior owners This job looks very professional, tho. Maybe I'll figure out the reason why they were installed once I pulle the lines off.........
I'm beginning to believe they should license tool ownership.
Actually, I do see a mid-1997 fuel pump recall; I wonder if the dealer did this if/when they replaced the pumps. Those hoses appear to have been there for quite a while.
This job looks very professional, tho. Maybe I'll figure out the reason why they were installed once I pulle the lines off.........I'm beginning to believe they should license tool ownership.
Actually, I do see a mid-1997 fuel pump recall; I wonder if the dealer did this if/when they replaced the pumps. Those hoses appear to have been there for quite a while.
04-14-2007, 10:32 PM
#11
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Guys, the rubber tubing+caps trapping water does make sense. I'm curious what I'm going to find under the tubing when I remove it. I'll be pulling the lines off the car (well, the d/s, anyway) then the Gene Culley parts arrive.
This always seems to get said when I post probs I have with this car
04-19-2007, 10:09 PM
#13
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
I got a private message from another mbr saying the same thing. Gotta love pre-production cars
Hopefully my new lines will be in soon. Driving a 15 year old honda with no a/c is NOT fun.
Hopefully my new lines will be in soon. Driving a 15 year old honda with no a/c is NOT fun.
04-28-2007, 04:28 AM
#14
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Finally received the new lines and installed them tonight. OEM pieces... they were exactly what came out, including the wire ties, shielding stuff, and rubber caps. Hopefully this prob won't rear its head for another 10 years I had to drop the ds tank to install the lines, so the job turned into a big pita.
Haven't decided what I'm going to do with the passenger side yet. I found some replacement ends + hose at a local autozone... I think I'll just buy them and splice them in on the passenger side.
I had to drop the ds tank to install the lines, so the job turned into a big pita. Haven't decided what I'm going to do with the passenger side yet. I found some replacement ends + hose at a local autozone... I think I'll just buy them and splice them in on the passenger side.
