Date:         Tue, 24 May 2005 09:16:11 -0500
Reply-To:     wlail@OU.EDU
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Warren Lail <wlail@OU.EDU>
Subject:      That little s-shaped hose
Comments: To: jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU, sagmoore@zoominternet.net
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When the engine blew on Billy Bones on that fateful journey from NC about a year and a half ago, it was that same little s-shaped hose that was the culprit.  It was about 20 degrees outside and 3:00AM.  I was driving along and my temp light blinked, then stopped.  I looked at my temp guage as it dropped!  I instantly pulled off the road, but it was too late.  Steam was rolling into the night air, and the days of my mechanical adventures just beginning.

Because of that experience, I changed every hose on my Vanagon when I installed the new engine.  Those hoses can and will fail catastrophically.  Unfortunately I had to learn this the hard way.


Warren Lail
88 Westy "Billy Bones"