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 parrotno1
Regular  Location: Wiltshire Registered: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 154 Status: Offline |
Post #1
just been washing my car and noticed smell of petrol, i bent down under the drivers side rear wheel and there is a slight drip up under the hoses in the arch. any one had this before, common thing? common parts that fail? thanks in advance |
 Posted 9th Jan 2012 at 14:28
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funkymonk
Regular  Location: Westbury Registered: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 317 Status: Offline |
Post #2
Clicky  ________________________________________ There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that understand binary and those that don't... |
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Posted 9th Jan 2012 at 14:36
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parrotno1
Regular Location: Wiltshire Registered: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 154 Status: Offline |
Post #3
many thanks funkymonk, search engine never seems to throw up anything? the problems have commenced! :-) |
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Posted 9th Jan 2012 at 14:44
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eliotrw
Seasoned Pro  Location: Southwark Registered: 18 Jul 2010 Posts: 4,864 Status: Offline |
Post #4
It's probably the shittest of shit jobs too. I nearly torched the car when I did mine... I had a new one though and they are sooooooooooo stiff. Get thick rubber gloves and but the pipe in water from the kettle first so it softens up________________________________________ Ex- Phase 3 China GTi-6 T-Reg |
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Posted 9th Jan 2012 at 17:22
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro  Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,901 Status: Offline |
Post #5
It is a bas**rd to get the pipe on, how such a easy job could turn out to be a bit of a bas**rd I don't know, the pipes not dear from pug and don't buy the new jubilee clips as they make you buy a bag of 20 which I did so if you need 2 jubilee clips then let me know and I can supply them for p+p________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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Posted 9th Jan 2012 at 17:25
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eliotrw
Seasoned Pro Location: Southwark Registered: 18 Jul 2010 Posts: 4,864 Status: Offline |
Post #6
I had the new type though. Looks different and is thick as f*ck. It's basically a brute strength job tbh. Unless you drop the tank________________________________________ Ex- Phase 3 China GTi-6 T-Reg |
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Posted 9th Jan 2012 at 17:29
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,901 Status: Offline |
Post #7
Mine was the new one also, it takes strong fingers to get it on________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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Posted 9th Jan 2012 at 17:34
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gota6again
Seasoned Pro  Location: Gone Registered: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 1,595 Status: Offline |
Post #8
I had this a while ago and it's fiddly but fairly easy, also as a cheeky and shameless plug I have a more or less new elbow you could have for a tenner posted  |
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Posted 9th Jan 2012 at 17:38
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allesclar
Seasoned Pro  Location: Sheffield Registered: 17 May 2009 Posts: 4,254 Status: Offline |
Post #9
what i did, was to leave the silicone joiner in boiling water for 10 mins, sprayed a little of WD40 around where it needed to go and it went on a few swear words later  ________________________________________ Team allesclar ® |
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Posted 9th Jan 2012 at 17:46
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tvrfan007
Seasoned Pro  Location: In the garage Registered: 29 May 2005 Posts: 3,488 Status: Offline |
Post #10
It's not the easiest job but it's not exactly taxing. Elbow from the filler to the tank is likely culprit however I did have a leak from the feed line on my hdi where it came off the tank top on the run from the tank pump to the bay, that was a bigger fix.________________________________________ I'm Si btw Night Blue VW Golf GTD Bianca LBSC Rallye - Track/Road Slag Project Thread Sparkling Silver Mini Cooper D - Super Dooper  - (The other half's wheels) |
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Posted 9th Jan 2012 at 17:51
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,901 Status: Offline |
Post #11
I just used some water based lube from the sex shop it's really slippy so I rubbed it all over the pipe and the neck where it fitted with and that worked a treat, I also put it in hot water but by time id fannies about trying to get it on it had cooled, it's not hard it's just diddly and does take some force with the fingers. ________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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Posted 9th Jan 2012 at 19:15
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
Post #12
Water based lube from the sex shop.....lol. Andy, you crack me up!________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone  |
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Posted 16th Jan 2012 at 08:26
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