RE: EFI hoses

["Jeff Greenfield" <alfaguy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill -

This comes up from time to time ...

Some people say throw the little cups away and use hose clamps. Personally I
feel that doing it this way is kind of crude.

You can in fact remove the hoses without damaging the cups. Use a sharp
x-acto knife to slit the hose and they will pull off with some effort.

The new hoses will slip with a bit of persuasion. The idea is that little
cups keep the end of the hose from expanding which prevents it from coming
off the barbs on the fittings.

Be sure to use high pressure EFI hose of the proper diameter. If you have
difficulty finding the hose, your local BMW dealer should stock it. E-mail
me if you need the part number (I don't have it in front of me at the
moment.)

HTH,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf Of Bill
Bain
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 8:42 PM
To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
Subject: EFI hoses

What's the trick to getting the hoses off the rail and the injectors?  the
little cup doohickeys make it so the hose can't be cut. and the only thing I

can think of is to cut the little cups, but then how do I replace them?  The

shop manual says to cut them but I can't find replacements if I do.

Bill Bain
Baffled in Atlanta

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