On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:23 AM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > '81 Vanagon. > > 5mm ID low pressure braided currently installed. Is this the correct > size? End was cracked pretty bad. Only 2 YO. Cable straps were used. > > I have 7mm hose on hand if thats a better fit. (though it slips very > easily over nipples)
Is there anything wrong with using 7mm FI hose? My thinking is that this particular 5mm braided hose cracks, then seeps through braid. I can see where impression of nipple ends. Cracked all the way to that point. Neil.
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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