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UK VW dealers don't carry the outside-braided fuel hose in 5mm / 5.5mm carb sizes - they have superceded it with the embedded cloth style. Nice stuff, and the wall thickness is still OK for the usual clips, but last time I asked for some they wanted to charge me the equivalent of $15 a metre, so I ended up with Goodyear marked 'made in USA'. I don't think any of the various sources of cotton braided has been any good for the past 8 years or so. Maybe the chemicals in unleaded fuel are more aggressive, or simply the look-alike parts are so cheap it is too tempting for the after-market guys to resist. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org