You may not be able to find the OEM hose, but a large vacuum hose or standard, more flexible, low pressure fuel hose should work. Check your FLAPS, they will sell various hose sizes by the foot. As long as it fits snugly, this hose doesn't need a clamp because it is not under any pressure, you just don't want it falling off from vibration. Even a piece of vinyl tubing from Lowes or HD should work fine. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of mike riley Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 10:00 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: 7mm braided coolant hose, overflow to pressure thanks, they did not have the right stuff. the oem hose has a black covering with a red thread in it to differentiate it from fuel hose which gets hard and stiff with coolant use and from brake line hose which has a blue liner. I still have the oem hose which is getting short from trimming the ends every decade. Still soft and supple after all these years and works without a hose clamp. mike From: jondvo@gmail.com Subject: Re: 7mm braided coolant hose, overflow to pressure Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:39:26 -0600 To: mkriley1@hotmail.com Notice GAS has changed. Try Belmetric, they have the proper size but don't see red color Sent from a rotary phone On Jul 24, 2015, at 10:23 AM, mike riley <mkriley1@hotmail.com> wrote:
no luck there they don't seem to have any hoses > Subject: Re: 7mm braided coolant hose, overflow to pressure > From: jondvo@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:03:39 -0600 > CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > To: mkriley1@HOTMAIL.COM > > I believe German auto supply may have that > > Sent from a rotary phone > > > On Jul 24, 2015, at 8:36 AM, mike riley <mkriley1@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > anybody know who carries the oem braided cooling line with the red thread on the cover. Just ordered the part from one of our suppliers and got 5/16 fuel injection hose. TOO STIFF and WRONG SIZE need to use a hose clamp on it unlike the OEM stuff = |
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