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On 2 May 2004 at 23:28, joshua brooks wrote: > What exactly does everyone have against new cloth braided fuel hose? I > bought some fuel hose from the vw dealer(yes they still make fuel injected > cars). It fit like a glove(in fact I would probably have to cut it to get it > off) and I haven't had a problem with it. I just find it hard to believe > that a company offering a 100,000 mile 10 year warranty on their cars would > use defective fuel hose. BTW I believe other european car makers still use > the braided hose too. I suspect that there is a lot of variation in the quality of what is avaialble out there. Personally, I don't have any experience with this stuff being bad, but that's mainly because I haven't used it in decades. I just use the US made 5/16" hose because it doesn't have to be strained so much to get it on the fittings. In the past, I found that that's where the hoses always failed. The original hose was 7mm ID. I think VW had trouble with that, so they went to 7.5mm. 5/16" = 8mm and is an even better fit in my opinion; it slips over nicely and still has no problem with leaks. There is one thing that's nice about the euro hose: It's smaller in OD, which makes it fit more nicely thru the grommets where it has to run in some places. How long has your hose been on there? In my opinion it should last more than a couple of years. Good hose will last 5-10 years; bad hose will crack and leak in 12-18 months. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org