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-----Original Message----- >I have some more hoses in the kerosene right now, just to check to see how >widespread this problem is. I'm very concerned that one of the hoses that >failed appears to be genuine OEM from VW. It's quite possible that even VW got >careless about this in the later years, and that all my, and everyone else's, >OEM spares are poor quality. It is just as likely that this part is actually >NOT genuine VW, but just a visually good counterfeit. Your results don't surprise me. A few years ago I put a NOS(?) "A" version on my car. Looked genuine enough. Bought it from a dealer in new and used air-cooled VW parts. It lasted maybe 2 years before it cracked and leaked fuel. I think I will be better off with the cobbled arrangement I made from parts from the hardware store. I even found a nice grommet for the hose to pass through the car body. -Mark Fuhriman '69 Fastback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~