cold start fuel line

[njspider]

I'm diagnosing my cold start problem. While cranking the engine over with a noid light connected I found the short fuel line to the cold start injector is leaking. This line is held to the injector with a clamp but there's no clamp on the end that connects it to the metal rail. How is it held on and how do i remove it. Thanks (the noid light comes on so I assume the TTS is not the problem??)

[spider2081]

but there's no clamp on the end that connects it to the metal rail.

The end that goes to the fuel rail was not clamped as delivered from the factory. The hose is pressed over a barbed fitting into a cup washer. The cupped washer prevents the hose from expanding under pressure. To replace the hose most find cutting it length wise deep into the cup washer with an Xacto type knife and bending the hose over with a pair of pliers works. Most use Fuel injection hose clamps on both ends of the new hose

[rridge]

As Dave suggested, slit the hose length-wise and use care. The forty year old rubber hose is tough and the forty year old blue plastic barb on the cold start injector is not. In fact it's brittle. They're not making new ones and hens teeth are expensive.