I have been smelling fuel for almost a week and couldn't find the source. well the hole must have gotten bigger, no problem finding it now. On the #6 cylinder, on the solid fuel line from the rail to the block, there is a nice fountain of fuel spewing out.

Anyone else had this yet?
I have about 125,000 miles and about 100,000 of this is with an EZ. I took the EZ off and it goes to the diesel shop on Thurs.
Am I correct in thinking that I should not attempt to repair this myself? THat is a high pressure line, which is what makes me ask...

Or is it someting I can change out myself?

THanks!
Rob

 

Yes it is. Put a new LINE on it!

 

This has come up before. The # 6 line is unsupported and can stress fracture due to vibrations. On '04.5 and newer a support bracket was added. If I remembered correctly there's a kit for this.

MikeyB

 

I think you are correct.

 

yes there is an additional bracket for the #6 that has been added. I also remember reading somewhere how much the price was for a new line, it didn't seem to be a whole lot of money to replace.

 

Didn't start on 04.5 year trucks. My truck dosen't have one. I have read about it on here and checked my truck about 6 months ago.

 

Cummins shop says $17.50 for the line, Dodge says $26 + $6 for new nuts typical.
Is this something I can easily do, or is there more to it than it looks? Is there any possibility of the injector being clogged or stuck closed, the line looks to have a pin hole, not a fracture. But it is hard to see.
The manual says the torque specs are very tight due to the possibility of an internal or external leak, depending on too tight or not tight enough.

Should I just stop worrying and just change the darn thing myself?

 

how can they sell the nuts seperately??? they are aleady on the line. and yes, it is just as easy to install as it looks.

 

Interesting. I have one on mine with a February 04 build date. Was your build earlier?

 

Yeap, January 04

 

The kit consists of a new line w/clamp, one nut, one new head lifting bracket bolt/stud.
They re-enforced lines started midway through the 04.5 model year.

 

anyone have a part number for the new impoved, or addtional parts?

 

They could be talking about the high pressure connector nut that screws into the cylinder head. The #6 line he is talking about attached to the high pressure connector. If the high pressure connector nut loosens or lets air in, you could have hard start/no start issues. At least put a wrench on it when the line is out to make sure it is tight.

 

all fixed. part came in yesterday at the cummins shop. took me maybe a half hour to change it out. pretty easy, just hard to get to the rear nut where it connects.
It did come with a bracket on the line, but there is no where to attach the bracket to support the line.

 

This is what it should look like: