Re: [Chrysler300] Brute Bunders

["KELLY PIERCE" <jkrestor300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings Group-
   This posting, and others about fuels/fuel lines reminded me of something
that I feel needs to be passed along before much more of the car
show/vacation season gets by- Not only replace your fuel lines in your
300(s) but remember your daily driver(s) as well. If you notice along the
shoulders of many Interstates or any highway, you will see "burned" areas in
the pavement, ditch areas etc. from vehicles that have experienced fires.
Many are caused by old fuel lines rupturing and gas spraying at HIGH
pressure(all the newer vehicles have higher pressure electric pumps for
injection systems) all over hot engines. Two to three years and or 50,000
miles you are on borrowed time. Seen it many times every summer, two years
ago one near Big Timber, Mt. started a grass/timber fire that cost thousands
($200,000+) to stop and more in property damage. Not to mention the loss to
the owner of the vehicle that burned to the pavement...
     Joe Pierce Whitehall, Mt. 300Kx3+M+others...----- Original
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From: "Gary Holm" <gholm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "300club" <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 1:07 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300] Brute Bunders


A very dangerous thing happened to me on way to a ALL MOPAR show in Eugene
OR. last weekend,  and I thought I would share with all of you. True
confession, if you will. I spent many hours cleaning and detailling, preshow
stuff that we all do, plus checking under the hood  tweaking thing getting
ready for a 300 mile round trip to this show  Any way, just out of
Cottagegrove, about 10 miles south , "Gerty" was running fine .I sudden ly
smelled gas and I suspected the fuel pump was going out. Even tho I was on I
5 there no good pull offs, so I kept looking for a flat and level spot
.About a mile or so I was sputtering and found a spot wide enough to pull
off. Opened up the hood and found fuel splattered all down the right side
and on the exaust manifold. Thanking God that I didn't blow up or burn. AAA
tow got me to my son-in law's and while changing the fuel pump, I found that
the 5/16 fuel line from the fuel pump. to the fuel filter had split between
the connectors and was not the fuel pump after all.Lesson to learn.. All of
this was new less than 4,000 miles at the rebuild, but I had a slight curve
in the rubber hose which caused this to cut  the the line. This pumped 10
gal. gas out and blew it out in less than a mile. I straighted this line out
up to the line feeding the carbs. and installed a mallable strap from the
alt. bracket and to the metal fuel line to support it from vibrating, and I
will put new hoses every time I replace the filter! If this keeps only one
other 300 owner from the near miss, it is worth admitting to a Brute
Blunder.Maybe we should start a list of BLUNDERS!!        Gary  BIG "G"
P.S.  It was worth it all as I won 1st in convt. and best pick by MOPAR
club!!

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