Chris, thanks for the warning. I have had Gates fuel line fail in an unfortunately short time as well. When I finally did the entire system, I went to the dealership for the hose and hose cover. It has been a couple of years now, with no signs of deterioration. It is good to look at them a couple times of year, to be sure they are holding up though. Seems to be the price of admission. Steven -------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris S" <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 12:33 PM To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: ALERT! Brand new fuel hoses failing!!!! > I bought a bunch of fuel injection hose from one of "our" online vendors. > The FI hose becomes soft, swells, separates and starts leaking. My hoses > have been exposed to fuel for less than 1 week. All the hoses are very > soft now. One failed. > > > - The name of the fuel line is COHLINE. > - If you bought and received COHLINE please CHECK YOUR FI hoses NOW! > - If you are a vendor and carry COHLINE fuel injection line, test yours > to make sure it's safe to use. > - If you are about to buy FI line, make sure it's not COHLINE. > > > > I'm going to deal with the vendor separately and will allow them to deal > with this issue on their own, hence no name will be given. > > -- > Chris S. > Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur" > |
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