Re: [T3] cloth covered fuel hose

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

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sizes - they have superceded it with the embedded cloth style.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/
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