This Forum ROCKS !!!

[Ldub]

While reading through different threads, & I'm sorry I can't remember who posted it, I came across something having to do with fuel line routing...didn't really think much about it at the time.
In any event, it triggered something in the recesses of what's left of my grey gorp & every once in a while, for no reason I'd find myself thinking of my supply line & it's close proximity to the EGR valve.
Tonight, while doing some other stuff under the hood, I caught a whiff of hi-test that got my attention. After a bit of investigation, I found that the normal torque motion of the engine had wedged my improperly secured fuel line solidly between one of the hard pipes of the cooling system & the EGR block...& that thing gets really HOT.
Of course, after removing the EGR & re-routing the fuel line & putting everything back together, I had a worse fuel leak than before...
Sooo, my morning project before work is to replace that section of fuel line.(I'm so lucky to have a great employer)
The point I'm getting to is, without all the great info found here & the people who share my addiction to this special little hot-rod, I could have theoretically been a fireball sometime in the next few days.

Thanks to this whole group, y'all are the best!

[ZEUS]

Well then, I am glad you are still with us Mr. Dubs! Nice catch BTW. I think I will lay underneath my VX again this weekend and see what craziness I can find!

[etlsport]

nice catch! i was thinking the other day.. how does the rest of the world live... like what to they do when they let off the gas and there is a grinding sound coming from the front wheels? take it to a shop? how much does the shop charge/how long does it take for said shop to figure out that there is a rock wedged between the rotor and dust shield? i got that answer for free in about 10 minutes! hats off to all you spectacular VXers out there

[nfpgasmask]

Oh man, that's good that you caught that.

I can see it now:

"FARGO MAN EXPLODES IN HEAVILY MODIFIED SUV"

Larry W., of Fargo, ND has become a living legend on an Internet forum where he was lovingly known as "Ldub". On the morning of August 2, 2007, his suped up Isuzu SUV exploded on I-94 in heavy traffic, sending flames, shrapnel and bits of a plastic skull, as well as bits of his own cranium, all over the asphalt. His loss comes as a shock to all who knew him, etc, etc, etc..."



Seriously, lets all try to keep ourselves out of the newspaper! ...sorry for my vivid, and sometimes out of place imagination. It scares me too

Bart

[IndianaVX]

yes, yes, forum great.........flaming, exploding vx's bad....very very bad....
this could be considered more a knowledge base than forum....found many answers here searching and reading, and even more answers after asking. and even more, as great a fourm that this is, its the people here, imo, that make it so great.
thanks guys and gals

[rowhard]

clarification please. This is/was a problem on your modified VX. The stock VX does not have this fuel line routing problem, correct?

[Ldub]

clarification please. This is/was a problem on your modified VX. The stock VX does not have this fuel line routing problem, correct?

That is correct.

A stock VX can go through life with very few, if any, problems...you have to really work at it to create all the other shizz that lifted, s/c'd, etc. VX'rs sometimes get to deal with.

BTW, nice eulogy there Bart...made me LOL. I want you there when it's my turn for the dirt nap.