Date:         Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:49:21 -0500
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
Comments: To: Richard A Jones <jones@colorado.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <4B2C0F12.3070008@colorado.edu>
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dear hose 4 fail
please repost with the four hoses named so those with out subbie repower may
plan for
thank you

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Richard A Jones <jones@colorado.edu> wrote:

> > btw......the hoses that wear the most are the ones that get the hottest -
> > usually ones on top of the engine.
>
> Soon after I got my '87 Syncro in 2001, I asked my mechanic about
> replacing hoses.  He has many years of experience with many
> Vanagons, and he commented that there were four hoses that
> were the most common to fail.  I put spares of those four on
> board and drove for years until a hose started spewing coolant
> at Syncro Safari '08.  It was one of those four.
>
> I'd look up which four and give part numbers but my Syncro
> is at the mechanic's getting a bunch of new hoses--connected
> to a Subaru 2.5 engine.  ;-)
>
> Richard
>



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