I think I had mentioned last time that upon starting up the fuel pump the fuel line was leaking. After taking apart the end from the fitting I could see that there wasn't a good flaring on the hard fuel line. I tried to flare it with my hand tool but I think the larger lines are harder to flare by hand (as opposed to the smaller brake lines which I flared a bunch of times successfully.) So I went and bought a new one yesterday. Here's what the line looks like flared from the factory:
After work today I tried putting in the new fuel line and promptly kinked it using the wrong slot in my line bender tool. I went and bought another fuel line, happy that was only a $9 mistake. After putting this one in and starting the fuel pump there was no leak in the back but the front was leaking. Not quite yet down in the dumps, I thought I would try tightening the fuel line nut into the fitting a little more. (It was in such a hard to reach position with two wrenches that maybe I didn't tighten it enough?) After about a 1/2 or more of a turn I ran the fuel pump again and there didn't appear to be leakage. So then, I thought it was time to turn the key in the ignition all the way.
And since that worked....
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