A quick guide for anyone looking to fit stainless steel fuel lines, its a nice easy job but I couldn't see a guide elsewhere. Also for anyone looking to get a set, if your anything like myself I always like to see whats involved before I buy something.

 

 

Engine bay before:

 

 

1. First things first, start by removing the following fuse from the small fuse box located by the brake master cylinder:

 

 

2. No picture need here, open the petrol cap to release preasure from the system then turn the engine over a few seconds to remove fuel from the lines.

 

3. Remove the throttle cable cover. Four screws hold this in place, the final one is at the rear of the cover (forgot to photo this with the strut brace up)

 

 

4. Remove the fuel hoses. I found it easiest to cut them with a stanley knife.

 

 

 

 

5. Remove the fuel rail, this is secured by two 10mm bolts. Remove these and disconnect the teo vacuum hoses.

 

You will also want to save one bolt for use later on.

 

 

 

6. Connect the fuel hoses as shown & tighten the hose clips securely.

 

 

The following picture also covers points 7. and 8.

 

 

7. Position the two P-clips over the hoses with the openings facing each other and secure these together onto the plenum using the screw saved in step 5.

 

8. Fit the hose separator (you may want to fit this lower down the lines and closer the fuel filter as I had to allow for the strut brace)

 

9. fit the vacuum hose from fuel pressure regulator to the prvr solenoid. you also have the option to bypass this prvr system by connecting this hose directly to the manifold which i shall show next.

 

 

 

and thats your fuel lines fitted, I then chose to disconnect the PRVR system and remove most of it. The cannister itself is located behind the wing so I've left that for now but if its something you wanted to do, then Robo's site goes into far more detail here: http://s95014253.onlinehome.us/63104/138229.html

Edited August 11, 201114 yr by brightFAME

Nice right up mate.

 

Are you coming to JAE? I'd like to see your car again!

Bypassing the PRVR system and Removing the solenoid.

 

Following on from step 9 rather than connecting the silicon tube from the fuel pressure regulator (FPR) to the PRVR solenoid you can connect it directly to the manifold. This can be seen in the pictures below.

 

Doing so will make the solenoid itself redundant and it is straight forward to remove this and the extra hoses.

 

1. undo the bolt for retaining bracket

 

 

2. disconnect the harness from the solenoid. This will not throw up any error codes on your ecu and the cable is ok to be left free.

 

 

3. connect the silicon hose from the FPR to the hardpipe on the plenum.

 

 

4. remove the extra hoses, the one from the FPR will thread straight out and one disappears off to behind the wheel. this ones in a little tighter but a bit of pressure and it will come free.

 

Finally just admire the handy work :)

 

 

 

and all the excess you've removed from the car:

 

Nice right up mate.

 

Are you coming to JAE? I'd like to see your car again!

 

Cheers bud. Erm in all honesty I'd forgot about it. I'd really like to go, never been before and the impression I'm getting off the forum is that it should be quite busy. I'll have a word with a few guys around here, see who I can bully into convoying and will hopefully get down, is any particular day best or are ou going or the weekend?

Great write up

job done! had the hoses when they came with the car, this write up inspired me to have a go at fitting them...................