Why would a Vendor sell the required 7x3 hose in only 20 meter (approximately 66 feet) lengths, when that much is not required to do a "re-hosing" of any VW fuel injection system that I'm aware of? Doesn't make sense to me. I could see selling it in 5 meter lengths and most over-the-counter and mail order vendors I know of sell it either by the foot or by the meter (about a 39" length).

As a Vendor to the public, yes, most are required from most suppliers to purchase in 20 meter length rolls, although some suppliers provide 10 meter and even 5 meter length rolls. But that doesn't require that it be resold in the "purchase" package of 20, 10 or 5 meters, but what ever a Vendor would want it to be as convenient to the end-consumer.

Airhead/VWG sells all hoses they carry by the meter:

The Hose: *http://www.airheadparts.com/viewDetail.asp?idProduct=7899*<http://www.airheadparts.com/viewDetail.asp?strMasterCat=&idproduct=7899>

The GOOD Clamps: http://www.airheadparts.com/viewDetail.asp?idProduct=8209 My nickel's worth -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" oldvolkshome@gmail.com http://www.oldvolkshome.com jim@airheadparts.com *********************************** On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> writes: > > > The 7mm hose pushes on and squeezes onto any fittings that are in > > the system. It is such a nice fit that many times, even without a > > clamp, unless you put side pressure on the hose, it will not leak. > > I am not sure why anyone would want to sell a 7.5mm hose for this > > application. If the customer had an engine fire as a result I would > > sure hate to be the vendor that was assuring them that 7.5mm hose > > would be "just fine". > > The vendor did no such thing. In fact they said they had no idea if > it would be fine. They do have the 7mm x 3mm German hose but for some > reason only sell it in 20 meter rolls which is WAY more than I need. > They sell the 7.5mm German hose in 5 meter lengths which is much > closer. > > One of the other well known vendors on this list sells 8mm BMW hose > for this application and so I thought perhaps 7.5 mm would be OK. I > recall reading that the original 7mm is a VERY tight fit. > > Allan > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL >