RE: Fuel line deterioration

LCDR RAYMOND C. ODONNELL (raymond@visi.net)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:30:00 -0400

All. I had the same fuel smell for a long time. Couldn't find the problem. I found the fuel line going to the center of the fuel rail looked to be splitting so I replaced it along with the return hose. It's a real pain to get your hands all the way back to the fire wall in order to connect the new hoses to the hard pipe. All you V6 owners will agree I'm sure. That operation did nothing to reduce the smell.

What I finally found was the rubber hose that connects to the charcoal canister had deteriorated causing a loss of vacuum at the canister. This of course rendered the function useless and caused the fumes. Once I restored the connection, fuel smell went away. Try it.

Ray

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From: Philip R Glotfelty[SMTP:glotfelty@juno.com]
Sent: Monday, June 29, 1998 9:54 AM
To: peugeot@padui.org
Subject: Fuel line deterioration

Hi,

Reading Hugo's and Alan's post has me wondering if fuel line
"deterioration" is the source of the fresh gas smell I'm getting from my
405?

I remember years ago the dealer replaced my fuel lines as part of a 405
fuel line recall? The sticker has long since faded away so I don't know
when it was done but it was probably around 1992.

Do fuel lines as a matter of course just deteriorate and need to be
replaced?

Thanks
Philip Glotfelty
405 DL smelling of fresh gas

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