I just received an estimate of $1,300 for replacement of the fuel lines on my '95 Integra GSR.

Does this seem excessive? They estimated 16 hours of labor... the need to drop the fuel tank, and the need to remove the power steering pump.

Some things I'm wondering about:
1. Is the high pressure fuel line a single pipe all the way from the pump to the fuel filter?

2. Same question for the evap line.

3. A week before I started noticing the smell of leaking gas, I drove over a seemingly low snowbank at the end of my driveway, but heard and felt striking the underside of the vehicle. Could this have resulted in a broken fuel line in the section where the lines rise up into the engine compartment?

Thanks... I appreciate any insight anyone can provide.

Bob

 

That seems pretty high, but who knows. What the heck do they need to take the power steering pump off for? You could very easily damage the fuel line by hitting somethin, though I can't imagine Honda would put the lines where they would be damaged if you dragged the belly of the car.

 

I was mistaken about the power steering pump -- it's the steering linkage that needs to be removed. Of course that means I'll need a front end alignment afterwards, which they don't include in their estimate.

The exhaust system needs to come down in order to drop the fuel tank. Sigh. So many things in the way.

I decided to take the car off the road for a while. I'll borrow a car until I can do all the work myself.

So... what's a good source of replacement fuel lines?

 

Any speed shop will have that, or if none available, Kragen or whatever. Drain the gas tank before parking it if you can, so gas doesn't go bad or the car blow up. You may have jacked up some other stuff under there too, good idea to get it on jack stands and give it the once over on the creeper.

 

I think they gotta lower the subframe (under the steering rack). If they're clever about how they loosen it, maybe alignment isn't necessary.

When you get the brackets & that plastic tray apart, look at the brake lines. They're probably gonna get porous too, before long.

 

That's good advice about draining the gas and checking the brake lines -- thanks both of you!

I hadn't thought about either of those ideas.