Cure for annoying fuel odor on Comptech SC
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Cure for annoying fuel odor on Comptech SC
Replace the cheesy, no good, piece-of crap, expensive steel-braided line supplied by Comptech with a piece of regular rubber fuel-injection hose.
Comptech sent me a replacement hose after I complained of the fuel odor, but it was just as bad as the original. I really began to suspect the hose when the tech support guy said "yea, we had some trouble with the hoses leaking, so we covered the braided lines with heat-shrink tubing to fix it."
WHAAAAT??? You fix a fuel leak with shrink tubing?
I proved it was the hose by putting some flourescent dye in the fuel tank and inspecting the engine bay with a UV light one night. I found NO signs of fuel leaking at any of the fittings. So I cut open the shrink tubing that covered the steel-braided line and found both the inside of the tubing and the surface of the braided line had hundreds of tiny specks of flourescent dye on them.
Apparrently the braided line is not fuel-proof, and gasoline leaks right through the hose as if it had hundreds of microscopic pin holes. It leaks so slowly that there is no liquid visible - it evaporates as soon as it comes out of the hose. The result is a constant fuel odor, sometimes so bad I could smell it from 10 feet away from the car. But the last 2 weeks have been completely odor-free, thanks to my high-tech Pep Boys fuel line.
Comptech sent me a replacement hose after I complained of the fuel odor, but it was just as bad as the original. I really began to suspect the hose when the tech support guy said "yea, we had some trouble with the hoses leaking, so we covered the braided lines with heat-shrink tubing to fix it."
WHAAAAT??? You fix a fuel leak with shrink tubing?
I proved it was the hose by putting some flourescent dye in the fuel tank and inspecting the engine bay with a UV light one night. I found NO signs of fuel leaking at any of the fittings. So I cut open the shrink tubing that covered the steel-braided line and found both the inside of the tubing and the surface of the braided line had hundreds of tiny specks of flourescent dye on them.
Apparrently the braided line is not fuel-proof, and gasoline leaks right through the hose as if it had hundreds of microscopic pin holes. It leaks so slowly that there is no liquid visible - it evaporates as soon as it comes out of the hose. The result is a constant fuel odor, sometimes so bad I could smell it from 10 feet away from the car. But the last 2 weeks have been completely odor-free, thanks to my high-tech Pep Boys fuel line.
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Originally posted by modifry
...the tech support guy said "yea, we had some trouble with the hoses leaking, so we covered the braided lines with heat-shrink tubing to fix it."
...the tech support guy said "yea, we had some trouble with the hoses leaking, so we covered the braided lines with heat-shrink tubing to fix it."
WOOOOOW...that drops Comptech a notch in MY book.
Comptech Tech 1: "The duct tape we wrapped around the fuel line is leaking..."
Comptech Tech 2: "Well wrap it in some more tape, then!"
Should we make it inCompetentTech?
Sorry, couldn't resist on that one...no disrespect meant, it was just too easy.
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From: Sydney
Damn, I've been having the same issue. Surprised it's that beautiful braided line (that they wrapped in crap). Time to change it out.
Did you still use the banjo bolt and Al connectors? How do they mate to normal fuel line? Got any pictures?
Did you still use the banjo bolt and Al connectors? How do they mate to normal fuel line? Got any pictures?
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