I replaced the rubber fuel hoses on Saturday. I checked my work on Sunday and fuel was dripping from the fuel thermostat behind the primary pump. For now I routed the feed line from the primary filter to the primary pump on the IP (that's a lot of "primary's"). The EPC says I'm looking at ~$2.00 in parts for the cover which includes the nipple, a seal ring and a washer. That's the easy part. The hard part is finding time over the next 2-3 weeks to repair the thermostat (I do fuel jobs outside and it's dark when I get home these days). If it's never colder than 50F when I drive, will I even notice that I've bypassed the fuel heater? I have a 25% soybean oil fuel mix. It hasn't been a problem in this weather. I suppose if I can start the car, driving should not be a problem. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL

My car was from Texas and the Fuel Thermostat was disconnected when the PO was trying to track down a small fuel leak. It turned out not to be the Thermostat but he never bothered reconnecting it.

I have only just got around to reconnecting it and prior to that was starting and running the car in temperatures below 40 degF just fine. In your area I would leave it bypassed until you have time to fix/replace the leaking part.

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