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I doubt it would ever fail on your drive when you've time and means to sort it. ;-) Change it every 5 years then. It must be a function of miles driven modified by corrosion effects and amount of accelerating/decelerating done. That may be greater for a bendy road system like the one we have compared with highway driving. I had a Beetle one break, but it was the single strand type which has to be part of the reason, and it had lasted over 100,000 miles (well, unless it went in the first 30,000 when I didn't own the car). I've driven no other car than VW for 40+ years, mostly air-cooled and old, and it's the only one that has broken on me. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Healey" <marksvw@healeyonline.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 11:51 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Need part # > Dave Hall wrote: > >> And here's a weird idea. Has anyone ever tried to run two so that when > >> one breaks you can just remove the broken one and connect the fittings > >> of the other? > >> > > snipped ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~