Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:18:11 -0700
Reply-To: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
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From: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
Subject: Re: CIS fuel injection, Inline 4 conversion.
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The 85 to 87 Golf II and Jetta had CIS and these lines are longer than the
Golf I lines - also the Audi 5000 had longer lines as well.
This all reminds me of the 1980 Rabbit Pickup I had with a CIS 2.0L
engine - what a simple and beautiful fuel injection system!
David Marshall
http://www.hasenwerk.ca
Box 4153,
Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2
On Sat, March 22, 2008 12:29, craig
cowan wrote:
> Hello. In my attempt to pass on my new mechanical
skills and help another
> vanagon owner, I have been perplexed. A
gentelman has just moved to town
> from Washington (to Pittsburgh
PA), with an '82 canadian model diesel
> westy,
> that was
converted to an inline 4 (Maybe a rabbit engine?) supposedly by
>
Smallcar Performance quite a few years back. Well this guy has no
> mechanical
> knowledge, he'll hopefully be joining the
vanagon mailing list soon
> enough,
> but for now....his
vanagon is "dead".
> Somewhere along his move (He
mentioned colorado) he realised that his fuel
> lines were wearing
through...
> It turns out that the CIS (Or CIS-E?) fuel injection
system that was used
> mounts the fuel distribution block on the
right wall of the engine
> compartment, meaning there are solid
(as in, brake line) fuel lines going
> from the distribution block
to the injectors way over on the left. The
> lines
> run
alongside eachother, and right over the alternator. Long story short,
> the lines have worn on the alternator and now leak fuel, so he
doesn't
> plan
> on driving it (Good!). Today we spent our
day trying to figure out
> replacement lines.... and here is the
problem...
> We need the banjo fittings on one end, and the fuel
injectior connectors
> on
> the other, since our clearly
custom lines are worn through, we thought of
> using Rabbit GTI
lines. So, we got a set of the flexible stainless steel
> GTI
> lines, and they are much to short (Even the longest). What we need,
is a
> flexible line with the right connectors on each end, thats
about 54inches
> long.
>
> Those of you that have
CIS Inine 4's in your Vanagons, what did you do
> about
>
the lines? We can't even find a place to get something like this made,
let
> alone the fittings themselves. Due to the high pressure of
CIS, we cannot
> just "cut out" the center/worn through
section of our custom steel lines,
> and hoseclamp (Fuel injection
clamp) on highpressure fuel line, we're told
> it will just blow
right off.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas as to how to
redeem this problem, and get
> custom
> length CIS fuel
lines, either soft (Preferably) or Hard (Steel) lines?
>
> Thanks again!
> -Craig
> '85GL
>
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