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Date:         Mon, 14 May 2001 13:53:21 +1000
Reply-To:     One Morecar <onemorecar@hotmail.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         One Morecar <onemorecar@hotmail.com>
Subject:      Re: Plastic Fuel Lines
Comments: To: Jay.L.Snyder@usa.dupont.com
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<html> <DIV> <P>Hi Jay.</P> <P>An evil PO cut my plastic line inside the wheel arch and installed a &quot;Fuelstar&quot;, using short pieces of rubber fuel hose and jubilee clips around the new ends of the plastic fuel line. Admittedly this must have been ok for a couple of years, but then the plastic new ends started to collapse. They couldn't handle the jubilee clips around them any more. I ended up with fuel leaking all over the place, so I replaced the whole run with high pressure rubber fuel hose. Expensive, but safer. My mechanic, who is a Volkswagen guru, told me this plastic stuff is not meant to be cut. Maybe he's wrong, but I wouldn't risk it.</P> <P>Geoff</P> <P>Australia<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Jay L Snyder<JAY.L.SNYDER@USA.DUPONT.COM> <DIV></DIV>&gt;Reply-To: Jay L Snyder<JAY.L.SNYDER@USA.DUPONT.COM> <DIV></DIV>&gt;To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Plastic Fuel Lines <DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 09:08:50 -0400 <DIV></DIV>&gt; <DIV></DIV>&gt;Someone made a comment about the plastic fuel line that is used on the <DIV></DIV>&gt;Vanagon that really disturbs me. He said not to cut the ends off, because <DIV></DIV>&gt;they are reinforced and the new ends will leak. I find this really hard to <DIV></DIV>&gt;believe. VW would make length specific plastic tubing with reinforced <DIV></DIV>&gt;ends? Let's not spread false information on this list. Can any of the <DIV></DIV>&gt;vendors verify this one way or the other? I just finished doing all my <DIV></DIV>&gt;fuel lines and cut the ends back because they were deformed from the <DIV></DIV>&gt;original fuel line clamps. I don't want to hear they are going to leak at <DIV></DIV>&gt;the plastic fuel lines. <DIV></DIV>&gt; <DIV></DIV>&gt; Jay '85 Westy (The Hindenburg) <DIV></DIV><br clear=all><hr>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <a href="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</a>.<br></p></html>


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