Fuel line split - any advice?

[threestacks]

Ok so naturally when I tamper with one thing it leads to another.

I filled up the car today and after a short run the car smelt heavily of petrol.

After checking the fuel rail for leaks I discovered that the fuel line is split and leaking around the nipple/banjo at the back of the fuel rail just under the bulkhead.

So I guess I need to remove the fuel rail again...

Question is, can I just cut the hard fuel pipe below the split and reconnect to the nipple or should I be replacing the whole fuel line? If so how big a job is that?

Secondly the fuel line is a hard plastic that I couldn't twist off the nipple/banjo before, so what's the trick to getting it on and off the nipple/banjo?

[Jeff J]

soak the banjo and end of the pipe in a jug of hot water, whatever you can get in the space available to work with, that should do the trick.

[m4tti]

From removing my engine it looked heat shrunk on to me. I cut mine hard up against the banjo and will heat back on or make a coupler.