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Temperatures can make a big difference to whether a sub-standard hose leaks or not. I suspect it is something to do with flexibility of the rubber. Was it cold weather (relative to the previous days) when you noticed it first? Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion & Peg McDonald" <mmmpwm@bellsouth.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 6:05 AM Subject: Re: [T3] leaky fuel hose snipped > > About a year ago a similar incident happened to me. I left home and about a > mile away from the house I began to smell gasoline. I pulled over and > discovered a leak near the fuel line damper you described. I immediately > went back home and continued my trip in another vehicle. When I > investigated the leak a day or so later, it wasn't leaking and hasn't leaked > since. I guess I have a potential fuel leak waiting to happen. I need to > climb back under the car and do a more thorough check. > > Marion McDonald > Lawrenceville, Ga. > 71 Fastback MT FI > 60 Beetle > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~