Low pressure can't cause fuel in the vacuum hose. Only a bad seal in the FPR will do that.

Is there any difference between the $40 Delphi and $100 Standard Motor Products FPR'*? RockAuto has identical pictures for both.

Monday, I cut off the broken portion of the line. It was pretty badly twisted. (Pictures forthcoming whenever I find it.)

Unfortunately, there wasn't enough straight line left to attach the compression fitting, so I needed a 90° replacement line. So I ran out to Advance and picked up a pre-bent line. Now I don't have enough room to cut the vertical portion of line.

So, how do I remove the fuel lines from the black plastic clips?

You want to FPR with the narrower nipple going into the fuel rail

I use a trim pop tool. You probably have a screwdriver etc that would work.

I'm not Superman, so I can't bend the line that I originally bought. So, I picked up another replacement fuel line that'* pre-bent. Unfortunately, while the package said ⅜" OD, the actual end that I have to splice is less (¼" or 5/16"?). (Here'* hoping I find the receipt.)

Went to Advance looking for right-angle ¼" (or 5/16") to ⅜" compression fittings. Not finding any, I went to Lowe'*, only to be told that the compression fittings were designed for copper pipe, which has a different softness and thickness, and to check out an auto parts store like Advance.

If I keep pulling out my hair, I'm going to be balder than my tires by the weekend. Anyone have any ideas short of towing it to a shop?

Can you use rubber fuel line with clamps to bridge your gap for now? I had a dodge that needed fuel line repair and that worked for a minute until I got it fixed. Good luck

I dont recommend splicing the gap with rubber fuel hose it could be dangerous.

Perhaps. I could use a good interim fix while I mess around with these connectors.

I have to drop the fuel line to get the rest of the damaged portion out, though, and to do that, I need to get the line out of the retainers, or the retainers off the body.

you shouldn't have to drop the fuel line can it be carefully bent down perhaps? and the connectors you are referring to are the compression fittings? I have used the kit from autozone to fix my brothers gp after the previous owner tried fixing it. They work well but bending the line is very tricky i had a hard time bending it without kinks I used something solid and round like a sled hammer head stuff was to tough to bend with a bender . to bad they don't give you enough line I ended up having to splice it twice unfortunately. Good luck