85 325e, fuel leak under driver footwell

[SmokeE30]

So I bought another car today, still have to go pick it up but I wanted to try to figure out what's up with a major fuel leak it's having. When you start it a massive fuel leak occurs under the drivers footwell, where the car sat I couldn't get a good look besides that a lot of fuel was coming out. Is there only hard line in that spot? Does it switch to rubber line there? I'm hoping it's not a rusty hard line and just a deteriorated rubber hose connection. I tried looking at realOEM with no luck. Anybody have a picture of this area or a similar experience?

[reelizmpro]

Yes. Most likely a split hose.

[cormier]

2 fuel lines and a breather line, all hard, run under the drivers door. OEM can get you new ones all bent and flared for like 30 bucks. New hose and body clamps are a good idea too. Replacing rubber lines while you're there wouldn't be a bad idea either.

When I did mine for reference, early model as well

[SmokeE30]

Thanks for the pics, hopefully it's not to bad i hate dealing with rust hard lines, but if new ones are still available from BMW for a reasonable price I guess it's not to bad. Hopefully I can get a friend with a trailer to pick up the car soon so I can get it up in the air and really see what's going on under there

[FasterSoonerNow]

This just happen to me and it was definitely the rubber fuel feed lines that go from the hard lines through the engine bay. I knwo this cause I could feel a bunch of fuel on the hoses when I dipped my hand in below the master brake cylinder reservoir.

Remove fuse 11 and start the car... this is the fuel pump so you can depressurize the lines. When it dies, you can remove the hoses and replace them, one goes into the intake manifold, the other one believe goes int other charcoal canister. It's probably one segment of the line but to be safe these all should be replaced. Another leak and your car could go up like a roman candle so there's no reason not to replace some rubber hoses. Check the current hoses but they are probably 8mm high pressure fuel hoses.