Re: [T3] Overflow Hose

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

> Everybody with later models check those overflow hoses by the filler neck.
> About three years ago I replaced my old torn hose with a nice NOS part.
> Well three years later that "new" hose is full of cracks and is leaking.
>
> I'll probably just fix it with vinyl tubing and a grommet from the hardware
> store.  Beware of NOS rubber.  It's so old now that it's probably no good.
>

You're not the only one. My NOS has been on for about that time, but failed
recently.   I fiddled for a long time to make do with plain tube without it
collapsing,  then spoke with another club member who said he soldered the copper
1/2" bore elbow (15mm ext dia) to the stub on the filler pipe, then used 1/2"
bore breather pipe using the grommet part from the old one.  Sounds like the
neat way to do it.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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