TYGON hose (from the hardware store) works as well. I've had a piece on there for two years and it's still holding up. It's so cheap you can afford to change it as often as you like. >From owner-vanagon@VANAGON.COM Thu Mar 19 23:42:37 1998 >Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 20:06:55 -0800 >From: Marilyn Nelson-Ehret <ehretrm@SEANET.COM> >Subject: Re: Oil Breather Hose Problem! >To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM > >Don't ever buy from the VW dealer unless you have to. I got a replacement >breather for my 90 Syncro at the local parts store by measuring the length and >diameter and getting from their bulk pipe roll. Since they didn't have metric >sizes, I got what was close and muscled it on. Roger Ehret, Gig Harbor. > >Erlaz wrote: > >> I recently noticed that a hose coming out of the breather (025-115-451) >> heading to the fuel injector system has large cracks in it and it appears that >> oil is spraying all over the engine. >> Is this a special hose (N900-725-01) or can there be a substitute repacement >> for it? The dealer will only sell me a 3 meter legth of it for $45. It is only >> about 10" long and 3/4" in dia. Any ideas? >
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