fuel filter nipple broke off in fuel line. urgent help please

[justyk31011]

how do i get it out please? this is very pressing seeing i need it done by 12 oclock for class?

[justyk31011]

tht post had no reference to the question i asked

[coowhip]

Pic? I would imagine a pair of needle nose pliers pulling it would with another tool loosening the clip. Without pics it's hard to give advice.

Can anyone provide an extra pair of hands where you are?

[screwball]

I'd hand thread a screw into it, push the locking clip in and try and vise grip the screw out. When you break the fuel line end on the filter, it's vastly worse.

[justyk31011]

here is a picture please help


link http://postimage.org/image/atjrz4p39/

[justyk31011]

any help?

[87supraman]

Does the broken nipple spin inside the locking clip?

[MmmBoost]

How the heck did you manage this?!?!


You're going to have to find a way to pull out the barb while you press the unlocking buttons on the connector. Maybe you can hold the barb with some pliers and screw in a large course thread screw into soft aluminum barb to get a better grip of it?

[justyk31011]

yes the nipple spins inside of the hose and. i pulled to hard i guess on the nipple. that how hard the effin lock was stuck around it.

[coowhip]

Get a screw or something that will fill the hole, put some epoxy glue on the end. Shove it in. Let it dry. Try again.

[justyk31011]

is there any way to break it up into pieces in the hose and then take it out? im pretty sure the clips on the line have seized basically i try pressing them in and they dont work. the reason i think this is because the other fuel line i took off like this was far more simple. one try thats it.

[coowhip]

The nipple I believe is aluminum. Only thing I can thing of is to use small needle nose pliers and tire to bend and crimp over itself to make it smaller than the hole.

[MmmBoost]

You aren't going to get the barb out unless you release the locking clips on the connector..........end of story. So you need to figure out how to push on the barb while you press the release buttons on the connector......and then pull out the barb while holding the connector release buttons.

[DaSkorpion]

You aren't going to get the barb out unless you release the locking clips on the connector..........end of story. So you need to figure out how to push on the barb while you press the release buttons on the connector......and then pull out the barb while holding the connector release buttons.

^^
What he said is what you need to do to get it done - unless you're up to replacing that whole fuel line.

[justyk31011]

got it out after 2 hours. i pried on it with a thin screw driver and pried in the sides and it came out like nothing. no breaks on the line or leaks

[justyk31011]

Obviously you can't read there are pics and explanations on how to release the fittings...

is there any way to break it up into pieces in the hose and then take it out? im pretty sure the clips on the line have seized basically i try pressing them in and they dont work. the reason i think this is because the other fuel line i took off like this was far more simple. one try thats it.

clearly you cant