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Date:         Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:40:22 -0400
Reply-To:     pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Coolant hose replacement
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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Robert, was that hose in the pics too large in diameter for the application? I have replaced a couple "molded"$$ hoses on various VAG products with shorter sections and metal tees, never experienced this problem.

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Robert Fisher Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 4:59 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Coolant hose replacement

I did something very similar on my '87 back when, and I recall when I mentioned it on the list Dennis warned me that cutting the hose like that might lead to deformation later. When I put it on it looked much like your hose there, much to my surprise less than 5000 miles later it looked like this:

http://picasaweb.google.com/garciasghostvw/BadHose#


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