Fuel pipes that should be easy enough!! And advice needed

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Went to get the car out the garage this morning only to find it leaving nice petrol trails up the drive
So rolled it back in and decided to replace them tonight, What a PITA, every clip had been put on by fairies obviously as they were all at totally the wrong angle.

Anyway finally got them off and on top they looked fine ( I check them fairly regularly ) however underneath was a different story....




So nice new pipes on now and hopefully nice weather tomorrow

Also whilst I had the plenum cover off I noticed it looked quite oily around the trumpets and slighlty inside them too Is this normal or something I should be worried about ??

[Marty V8]

Good job you caught the petrol leak in time. Consequences of not doing so dont bear thinking about.

Re the plenum chamber - yes it does have a tendancy to get a bit oily as it takes the rocker cover vents, and as your engine will be breathing a bit of oil vapour - and they all do to a greater or lesser extent - then it will get a coating of oil.

It looks exactly like mine did when I took it off at the end of last year. Nothing to worry about as long as its not an oil lake inside there.