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Date:         Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:06:17 -0400
Reply-To:     Bulley-Hewlett & Associates <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
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From:         Bulley-Hewlett & Associates <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel lines,
              one more time,was: Congrats! Check it out...was: NEW OWNER!!
Comments: To: "mayfly95@paonline.com" <mayfly95@paonline.com>
Comments: cc: "vanagon@VANAGON.COM" <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>

Please tell me why braide (sic) stainless steel hose is NOT a viable (or
mentioned) alternative to the deteriatable (sic) cotton/rubber hoses?
Has any one spent the $$$$$ to do this? How bad was it?
curious
Mike
87 WolfW/E
87 Westy
89 Jetta
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Mike and Becky-


I would think it would work just fine. Brainstorming WHY folks haven't used
them, I would think chiefly the PRICE of fitting good quality Stainless
Steel lines with the proper barbed/clamped fittings. I wouldn't venture a
guess, but would think it could be pretty steep, particularly compared with
the $1.50-a-foot alternative that lasts a couple years.


The only three problems I can conceive: the SS lines could cause chaffing
and abrading other softer lines/materials in the motorbox; the SS lines
could rattle against other metal in the motorbox; the SS lines could be
more prone to vapor lock. All of those things could be dealt with, though.




G. Matthew Bulley
Principal
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
Communications for Organizational Development
www.bulley-hewlett.com
(888) 468-4880 toll free
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