The trusty Cobalt SS is leaking fuel in front of the driver's side rear tire. I guess there is a line that rusts out there.

Anyone know the part # for the line? Some say to cut out the rusted section and replace it with a fuel injector hose and clamps, but that sounds kind of ghetto to me.

Any advice?

Thanks,

Chris

 

Had that with my Daughter's Saturn Ion. I ended up getting fuel line of the same diameter and splicing it in, replacing the rusted part using compression fittings. Best to use the old line as a template when bending the new line.
I did this 3 years ago. Hasn't failed yet.

 

I don't think my car applies to either of these, but GM Customer Service said there are 2 open bulletins relating to a fuel leak. One for the fuel pump, and another for a fuel valve leak. Fuel pump is covered indefinitely, fuel valve is covered for 10 years/150,000 miles from the date the car is placed in service.

I'm pretty sure it is the rusted out line inside that insulation, but I'm bringing it to the dealer tomorrow to see what they have to say. I'll probably just have them fix it as I don't feel like screwing around with a gas leak on my time off.

 

$ 800 gets the SS new fuel lines from tank to motor. Not terrible considering all of the crap that has to be moved to r&r.

 

I've changed the entire line, if you are careful, you can snake it in without removing much other than the heat shields. It's only available as the entire piece from the filter to the fuel rail.

Glad you got it fixed, it's not easy/fun to do that job without a lift.

 

Thanks. Glad to see some original members still on here. Actually I still have your ported header on the car come to think of it!

They billed me for 5 hours. The thing was pissing gas SO bad on the drive to the dealer. Smelled awful, even with the fan on high and windows open I couldn't get the smell to go away.

Definitely glad it is fixed, and fixed right.

 

Chris- Powell makes a splice kit with line and compression fittings for under $60 if you haven't done it yet. I've heard it works well.

 

Good to know for anyone else who has this problem.

The car is my DD, and it was leaking horribly and there's no way I would have been able to wait for parts to arrive and then take the time out to fix it myself. I saw it as a safety issue (and an obvious design flaw.) I also reported it to the NHTSA, which probably won't do anything but it'll be nice to have a record of this somewhere in case anyone's Cobalt explodes while they're driving it.

 

Ohio- I ordered new staleness steel fuel lines for my 2010. Pre-bent. From a place called fine lines in Wooster Ohio. Have yet to hook them up

 

https://zzperformance.com/collection...and-filter-kit
I might get this here from zzp. Looks high quality and strong enuff for e85.

 

I wish I would have found that, however, it will not fit the 2010 SS/TC. I really do need to put some ZZP stuff on my Cobalt. With the exception of a cold air intake, I've done nothing else to it.

 

I got my lines from here a few years back. Still zero issues, and they came multipiece, so install was quite easy.

https://www.linestogo.com/cobalt-fuel-lines/

 

I had the same thing happen. Ended up getting the lines spliced. It’s a really bad design how the fuel lines are exposed to anything spraying off the drivers rear.