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Date:         Thu, 14 Jan 1999 01:45:58 -0500
Reply-To:     David-M <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
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From:         David-M <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Are Vanagons more fire oriented than any other old car?
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Philip Hanson (Volt Computer) wrote:
>
>         We all know that replacing the fuel lines is important in the
> Vanagon, mainly because of their age.  So, does the same apply to all old
> cars that the lines should be replaced?  What is it about the air cooled
> vanagons and the water ones that makes this such a problem; and, are the
> older buses at risk of the same problems, 195?- 1979?  If you reply, please
> do it publically, then several people who have the answer won't all think it
> hasn't been answered to me yet.  Thanks, ph  '80 Westfalia.


I've always driven older cars and of the all the cars I have owned in
30 years have never had to replace a fuel line in any one.
Maybe I have been lucky, but the sheer amount of fuel lines in a Vanagon
may be a factor.
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