Yes, 

        Always good to get observations from those around us. 

Very lucky for you as that could have ended badly! 

Maybe time for some of us to go check a few fuel lines!

Eric 

> On Dec 18, 2024, at 11:53 AM, Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG> wrote:
> 
> Always great when someone speaks up to save us!
> 
> In 2013, I lived in an apartment near Santa Clara University.  The
> landlord was often there to do maintenance, and one day he asked me to
> check my Westy, because he noticed drips of fuel on the ground from my
> carport and down the driveway (which he proudly kept very clean and sealed).
> 
> I started up the Westy and inspected the fuel lines closely with a
> flashlight, taking care not to get anything caught in the fan belt!
> 
> Right away, I could see copious drips from the cracking fuel lines near
> the injector rails, still plastic, probably original.
> 
> I immediately contacted Dick's Automotive Transport in Saratoga to load
> up the van on their flatbed and carry it to Peninsula Automotive, across
> the street from Dick's shop.  I wasn't willing to drive it even that
> far.  The transport was $94.
> 
> Peninsula changed all of the fuel lines, the firewall fuel fitting, and
> the plastic injector rails with aluminum rails.  Also an oil change, and
> a used left tail lamp assembly, the bill came to just over $1,000.
> 
> (GoWesty didn't renew ANYTHING when they installed the overhauled 2.2L
> engine in 2009.  I wish I had known to tell them to go wild!)
> 
> I had Buslab renew all the fuel lines again in 2019, 46K miles later.
> Together with a TON of other work, the total was $3,500.
> 
> I sold the Westy in 2021.  I was glad to be able to tell the buyer I had
> learned a lot over the years and to pass on to him a van with many
> important improvements!
> 
> https://sbw.org/sbwsty/