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On 26 Jun 2003 at 15:41, Greg Merritt wrote: > I like the look of the externally-braided made-in-Germany hose. Did you know that VW originally supplied all these engines with a plastic sleeve on top of the German hose? So, originally, the only places you could see the external braid was an inch or so at the ends. > Bummer that the last several batches I got (both 5mm(?) and 7mm) > sprung leaks in their second year of service. If you insist on German hose. Don't buy 7mm. Find someone who has the 7.5mm FI hose. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org