Q: I am trying to splice the fuel line while it is attached to the vehicle how do I soften the nylon to get the splice complete to th

asked by on April 25, 2017

my fuel line has a hole in it I cut out the bad area and am attempting to splice with a union. How do I soften the nylon to get the union to connect

My car has 40000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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