Started my car today and it was a bit reluctant and there was a strong smell of fuel. Looked under the car and saw a puddle. Turned on the ignition with an assistant looking in the engine bay and the fuel was spraying out everywhere.
The link hose that connects the two fuel rails (under the plenum near the throttle body) had completely perished. Although factory it looks like it was not fuel rated hose. I have never seen fuel hose of this age perish so badly. Please check your hose as this would have been an engine fire on the next run.
The feed and return hoses are rigid plastic material and not affected. Maybe they used a different material (rigid plastic) for the link hose on the production cars in which case presumably they will all be OK. Maybe someone can take a look and advise.
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