Date:         Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:05:33 -0400
Reply-To:     Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: ALERT! Brand new fuel hoses failing!!!!
Comments: To: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <5ebe10a0809271233u3a59de19i1bc63f09628e3590@mail.gmail.com>
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Just FYI we have never sold this brand of hose.  We sell the OE hose in
our kits only.  Made in Germany by the original manufacturer for VW.
Never had a problem with the hose and I have been using it and selling
it for almost ten years now.  I understand the temptation to use a
cheaper hose and advertise a kit for cheaper to get customers coming
your way.  However in this case it is too critical to skimp.  Our kit is
$60 but it comes with instructions, stainless steel clamps and enough
hose to do the engine bay.  I have sold many, many of these over the
years and installed many of them on customer's vans.  Never had a problem.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com


Chris S wrote:
> 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"
>
>