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On 10 Dec 98, at 12:29, Elliott Martin wrote: > an elbow from the stock > exhaust system that goes from the right side of the fan housing to the > upper heat exchanger (180 degree elbow) blew itself off completely. I > bought another one somewhere in Indiana, and thought it must have been > loose or something. Anyway, I bought a new exhaust system last summer > when I got back to Portland, and that was the end of those elbows, now > there are two pieces of flexible hoses that go strait from the fan > housing to the heat exchangers. Well, I just got back from a 1,300 mile > trip to Colorado, and on the same side the elbow blew off, the hose had > broken, it didn't slip off, the thing was ripped violently into several > chunks. This is just coincidence. The OE elbow fell off because it was not properly attached. The aftermarket one blew up because almost all of those are really poorly made. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ***Ï‚$ ******************** ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org