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I looked around but couldn't find a thread for MK2 owners to post what day-to-day things they do to their cars. This can only mean 1 of 2 things. Either none of us do small jobs on our cars because they never need fixing or no-one bothered to start a thread.
I'm always tinkering so here's what I've had to fix lately.
The box that holds my petrol pump had a small leak at the top, where the fuel return line from the engine comes into it. To fix it required taking the box off which is a pain of a job. 4 fuel lines hang off it and they have really old metal clips that had to be slid sideways to get undone.
Where it was leaking from wasn't a high pressure area. The only glue I had that could fix the problem was 5 min Araldite and I'm not sure if it's petrol soluble over time but for now it works. Glued all over the small crack and where the plastic had broken away and left it to set for 30 min before putting it all back together with new clamps on the hoses.
All up it took about 3 hours but at least there's no petrol leak and no smell.
Cheers
Paul
I'm always tinkering so here's what I've had to fix lately.
The box that holds my petrol pump had a small leak at the top, where the fuel return line from the engine comes into it. To fix it required taking the box off which is a pain of a job. 4 fuel lines hang off it and they have really old metal clips that had to be slid sideways to get undone.
Where it was leaking from wasn't a high pressure area. The only glue I had that could fix the problem was 5 min Araldite and I'm not sure if it's petrol soluble over time but for now it works. Glued all over the small crack and where the plastic had broken away and left it to set for 30 min before putting it all back together with new clamps on the hoses.
All up it took about 3 hours but at least there's no petrol leak and no smell.
Cheers
Paul
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