Re: [DML] Loose fuel lines - why??

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would first inspect carefully all the hollow bolts that were loose.
It is very easy to overtorque them and then they split at the hole. If
the bolts are OK maybe there was something weird about the copper
washers. I would just try tightening them up again as Joe K is
suggesting. Overtorquing can also collapse the ends of the hose too.
Unusual that it is only on the fuel dist unit though. I would guess a
bad torque wrench would affect all of the bolts. Sometimes you just
have to trust your "Calibrated Elbow". Tighten it up just before you
break it but after it stops leaking. Have a fire extinguisher handy,
atomized fuel is something you don't fool around with!
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joseph Kuchan" <josephkuchan@xxxx> wrote:
> Maybe your torque wrench went way out of spec? I had a cheapy torque
wrench 
> that went out of spec the other way - it was over-torquing ev






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