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Re: Bent banjo fitting bolt in fuel filter...now what?> Posted by Gene N [Email]  (#1094)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Gene N) on Mon, 11 Aug 2003 07:02:27
In Reply to: Re: Bent banjo fitting bolt in fuel filter...now what?>, jim kane, Mon, 11 Aug 2003 06:14:20 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I just had this very problem a week ago. I did bend the plastic line in the process so that it sprang a leak. But, we'll get to that in a second.
If you take off the mounting bracket for the filter, can you get the filter to swing down enough to get a pair of vice grips on the hex shape formed into the filter right next to the bolt? If you can't, loosen the fuel tank mounting strap nuts out to the edge of the tank mounting bolt. This should enable you to get a little more slack on the line to work with. If that fails, take off the cover in the trunk that is over the opening in the fuel tank where the fuel pump is. Remove the nylon bracket that holds down the two tank fittings and pull out the fitting that is closest to the front of the car. You can now pull the line a couple of inches closer to give you more room to work.
If things are truly hopeless on the filter end, tie a string to the end of the tank fitting (so you can pull it back), and pull the whole line across the top of the tank. You can do this if the tank is lowered enough. The worst case scenario is that you have to completely drop the tank. Take the whole thing to the work bench and extract the banjo bolt. I doubt that you bent the banjo bolt, but I can easily imagine deforming the filter so that it looks cocked. Once you are done, tie the string back onto the tank fitting, and pull it through.
In my case, I didn't realize the filter was spinning in the bracket and I completely kinked the plastic line. After I straightened the line, it leaked at the kink. Fortunately, I was able to cut the line off at the banjo bolt, cut the line back, and jam it back on the barb of the banjo bolt. I debated putting a clamp on the plastic line, and decided it would do more damage than good. The repair has held for 800 miles, but if it starts to leak I'll buy a new line.
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