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Old 07-01-2010, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by DukeBoy View Post
What was it then Steve?
Seems to be a known issue where two pairs of metal fuel lines are joined by rubber hoses - the cold means they contract by different amounts, hence the leakage until the engine bays warmed up. The smell on mine is definately coming from the same area.....



Anyone fancy contacting Gatwick Subaru about a group buy on the modified fuel lines/hoses? I was reading about it on a thread on scoobynet and the intake manifold has to come off to do it, so new gaskets as well....
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