Should I drive with a broken fuel line?

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  1. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    Do you have a truck you'd like to exchange for an insurance payout?
     
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  3. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    Sounds like a ? For the Mr. Obvious show !
     
  4. Brandt

    Brandt Road Train Member

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    Just deliver the load and drive truck to dealer to get fixed. It's Diesel not gasoline. Plus most if not all engine have the fuel pump on the driver side of engine. That's the cool side. So it not like it's spraying on the hot exhaust. On the S60 Detroit the fuel line was in the back of the engine. You could only see it leaking until it would start to drop or spray out over everything. So just deliver load and get fixed.
     
  5. s0231198

    s0231198 Light Load Member

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    The thing with fuel spraying, if it gets underneath the truck and onto the clutch, you'll be putting a new one in in the next couple days, happened to me when I had a fuel filter start leaking and got onto it.
     
  6. Ridgeline

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    Are you serious?

    You should not be driving if you don't know the answer to the question.
     
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  7. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    ATTN passengers we have a minor fuel leak nothing to be worried about , well be landing errr crashing shortly ...thank you for flying Swift airlines and enjoy your flight .
     
  8. HotH2o

    HotH2o Road Train Member

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    Put some gum on it.
     
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  9. JC1971

    JC1971 Road Train Member

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    And the Darwin Award goes to.....
     
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  10. RockinChair

    RockinChair Road Train Member

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    You should be asking your safety man.
     
  11. AModelCat

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    Fuel spraying everywhere? Park in the corner and fix it. Minor weepage I'd do delivery and get it fixed ASAP. Wouldn't even want to guess how much crap and fines you'd get in from the eco-terrorists if you drove around leaking half a gallon of diesel a minute all over the ground.
     
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