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1993 9000.
The small plastic thing on the top of my fuel pump, the fuel pump check valve, broke this summer at my country house. There was no way to get the car to any place that could service it. Fortunately I diagnosed it in my driveway, but it was still four days before I got going again. The part only cost $7.50, and my friend picked it up at HalfMoon Saab, near Clifton Park, New York and got it over to me.
I cut the fuel line at the broken check valve, but it would not squeeze onto the new one. I spoke to the helpful folks at the Halfmoon Saab Parts Department and they told me it is real difficult to do and that they have a special tool to do it and that even with the special tool it is a hassle. They suggested heating it up in water. I tried that. Didn't work. I tried everything. Nothing worked. I had no computer access to appeal to the BB for advice.
The next day, I called DW at Saabsite. He told me to splice in a piece of gas line between the check valve and the car's fuel line. Good advice, but I was out in the country, 8 miles from a parts store. Then, right next to the car, was an old lawn mower. The gas line from the lawn mower, clamps and all, fit perfectly and fixed the problem in 10 seconds. Makes a good story, fixing a SAAB with a part from an old lawn mower.
Many thanks to DW at SAABSITE for the idea. Without him I'd probably still be out there trying to squeeze an inflexible fuel line onto a plastic fitting.
Just curious, anyone else have to deal with something like this? Any other failures of fuel pump check valves? Any other solutions to getting that plastic fuel line to go onto fittings?
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