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  • Re: fuel line shield?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:26:25 -0700
    On my 2.1 I ended up moving and securing the supply and return hoses closer to the driver side end of firewall. Some...
  • Re: 1991 Westy, gas tank return hose size (and fuel line or injector line)?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:51:01 -0700
    ...Thanks for the fast reply :-) > > Out to rummage through the spare hose box! I'm sure "Murphy" will be > against me and I won...
  • Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
    Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:24:42 -0700
    ...The spare is dropped and I see the heater feed and return hoses, one of which already has a coupler in it with a...
  • [NVC] need help finding a Jeep part
    Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
    Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:41:11 -0700
    ...My son's 1995 Cherokee needs a replacement power steering return hose. I could use a little help figuring out what hose I need...
  • Re: Question about the fluid cooler on the auto tranny
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:09:07 -0700
    ...removed) because the manual radiator return hose (now NLA?) was much cheaper than the automatic wye-shaped franken-hose. I notice no ill effects...
  • Re: Stranded in Orlando Florida
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Wed, 4 Oct 2006 20:00:36 -0400
    ...Dont trust the gauge.If yo got gas, pinch the fuel return hose and see if it runs pinched. Fuel pressure regulater. Remove a...
  • Re: Cleaning & Flushing coolant system-- Fast & Effective Way.
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Wed, 7 Apr 1999 09:02:46 -0700
    ...1) With the engine cold, hook the hose up to the flusing tee. 2) disconnect the return radiator hose going into the water pump...
  • Re: HELP. Hose leaking in Sharon, CT
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 2 Jul 2010 17:15:24 -0400
    ...The problem isn't serious, that hose only feeds the two heaters. Pinch it off, and also pinch off the same-size return hose...
  • Re: Fuel Injection Hose-----what size ID.....7mm?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:58:01 EST
    ...the firewall on the return side without a similar piece). Just put a piece of rubber bumper around the hose to keep it from...
  • Very Sudden Coolant Leak URGENT!
    Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
    Thu, 2 May 2002 21:26:22 -0500
    ...Also, the incoming hot coolant hose is quite hot, but the return hose is still ice cold. I'm thinking it's time for...
  • Diesel fuel lines and air leaks = nostart
    Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
    Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:32:12 -0800
    ...Found and replaced a marginal hose, the one between the injector returns and the fuel pump. Engine now starts after sitting a few hours...
  • Re: can I start/run eng. w/o MAS/air cleaner assemb?
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:19:58 -0800
    ...bypassed it, but it came in the kit), everything except the return hose from the FPR. Now the moment of truth. I need to...
  • Automatic reply: Coolant hose: T-stat to Coolant Distributor Tower
    Historical mailing list - Vanderzanden Michael (DC-LP/SAL-US)
    Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:17:02 +0000
    ...I will return on Friday, September 20. . Email will be checked and answered periodically. Please call my mobile phone (610)937-1938 if your...
  • Re: Debugging air leaks in a Diesel
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:43:44 -0400
    ...I have replaced all the rubber hoses for the injector return lines (the usual suspects). Then I disconnected the fuel; in and return lines...
  • Re: Squeaking Brakes
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:11:31 -0500
    ...Of course, replacing the rubber hoses was the cure. 2. Caliper pistons can become sticky and not return all the way. Once, during a...
  • return fuel lines
    Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
    Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:50:17 -0500
    ...to reroute that line need to know if high pressure fuel line hoses are required. This is on an 82 AC Westy. Thanks, Jake
  • Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
    Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
    Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:01 -0800
    ...Moving the expansion tank return hose to a T in the heater circuit return hose solved the problem. The temps are now 100% predicable...
  • Re: Coolant Pipe repair
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
    Thu, 7 Nov 2013 17:08:18 -0800
    ...out the two large hoses that feed the radiator and > noticed that where the return hose clamps to the return straight pipe > there appears...
  • Re: Intermittent running problem.
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:09:46 -0600
    ...We then checked them again by clamping of the return fuel hose to tank and the spray pattern is nice an atomized. When the...
  • Testing fuel delivery results, one oddity
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:00:42 -0700
    ...With vacuum hose (2) connected spec: approx 2.0 bar, measured: 2.2 bar PASS With vacuum hose (2) DISconnected spec: approx 2.5...
  • Re: Coolant Feed/Return Pipes Repair
    Historical mailing list - James V
    Wed, 3 Sep 2003 12:43:54 -0700
    ...From what > I gather, I would: > > a) cut off the end of the pipes > b) insert a piece of hose over that > c) insert...
  • Re: Rear Vanagon Removal
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:48:36 -0500
    ...thing -- shunts the coolant from the delivery hose > through the rear heater to the return hose. > -- > David McNeely > The port in that valve is...
  • Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:51:13 -0700
    ...go into the heater hose loop somewhere -- would it matter whether it goes into the heater send or return hose? Possibly not. Anyway, if...
  • VW COOLANT HOSES --LONG 8<{
    Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
    Mon, 5 Oct 1998 13:01:42 -0400
    ...this is the same hose in ALL Diesel ( maybe 2 variety for hose end size) Then there is the water return hose from the...
  • Re: Heater Hose routing
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:23:06 -0700
    ...My question is which heater hose is the feed hose and which is the return hose? While laying down with the radiator fan above...
  • Re: Rear heater - sweet smell
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
    Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:53:45 -0700
    Paul Gordon wrote: > Join the supply and return hoses together. Remove the heater. Sit back and > cherish your new found storage space. In my...
  • Re: LEAKING POWER STEERING LINE
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:08:54 -0500
    ...writes: > > >>On the return line (the one that goes to the reservoir at the back), yes >>you can splice in hose. >>I got some...
  • Re: Sprung a leak!
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Wed, 3 Jul 2013 09:12:45 -0700
    Don't splice together, will return hot coolant to engine without cooling.� Buy two half-inch diameter Stainless dowel pins (or half inch diameter...
  • Fwd: Thermistat ???
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:52:54 -0700
    ...moves leftwise through the crossover hose to the thermostat housing to join the left head water and return to the water pump. When it...
  • Re: Power Steering Whine from New Hose
    Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
    Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:14:18 -0800
    ...New Hose � I had�new power steering lines installed about 6 years ago for my '90 MV.� I noticed that the new return line...
  • Re: Front radiator hoses - which goes where?
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Sun, 27 May 2007 15:27:06 -0400
    Flex straight one (hot coolant from engine going foward) right side pipe, toward sliding door side Flex curve one (return line, cooler coolant, going...
  • Coolant Bleeder Assembly
    Historical mailing list - Jeff
    Tue, 14 Dec 1999 14:05:58 -0600
    Brownie, our 85 Wolfy Westphalia decided to blow a hose and take part of what I believe to be the Coolant Bleeder Assembly with...
  • Re: LEAKING POWER STEERING LINE
    Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
    Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:15:08 -0400
    On the return line (the one that goes to the reservoir at the back), yes you can splice in hose. I got some at...
  • Those darn hose clamps
    Historical mailing list - Phil S.
    Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:56:58 -0700
    ...new hose clamps and and radiator feed/return lines.....my question is: Can i use expendable hose clamps on all my coolant hoses? When...
  • Re: rear heater blowout - stranded
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:47:01 -0400
    ...to get a length of high temp hose and fasten it between the send and return hoses you speak of. Creating a loop so...
  • Re: Source for new hoses, jsut in case...
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:52:26 -0700
    ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/smartlist_673/hoses.html?stpl=view_all You can see the shape in the photos - the return...
  • Re: What's up with silicone coolant hoses?
    Historical mailing list - William Monk
    Sun, 15 Mar 2020 07:02:59 -0400
    ...Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 14, 2020, at 6:26 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > > So, are these the return hoses...
  • Re: getting Desperate for some 83-85 coolling hoses :)
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:03:35 -0700
    > Any one have some new auto trans cooling hoses > (Or know where they can be fabricated) > 025 121 104B > Feed, between bleeder assembly and...
  • Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Debugging air leaks in a Diesel
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:35:43 -0700
    ...I have replaced all the rubber hoses for the injector return lines (the usual suspects). Then I disconnected the fuel; in and return lines...
  • lower cooling hose thingy...
    Historical mailing list - Grungy
    Sun, 24 Aug 2003 17:33:26 -1000
    ...the straight part of the hose. It fit around a corresponding groove on the plastic tube that returns(?) water to the engine (if I...
  • Re: PS leaking
    Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
    Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:19:23 -0500
    I had a set of hoses made at a local hydraulic shop that caters to the heavy equipment (backhoe, bobcat, etc.) market. It was...
  • A/C hose
    Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
    Sun, 18 May 2014 23:53:29 -0700
    ...The hose looks newish compared to the return line from the front condenser. What are my options here? If I have to make a...
  • Re: Return or Feed line (coolant)
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 6 Dec 1999 10:38:54 EST
    ...the 083H is a hose which connects between this pipe and the radiator (return). If you need the hose (083H) I have one of...
  • replacing long plastic coolant hoses
    Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
    Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:38:52 -0800
    i have figured out that to replace my radiator hoses, from radiator stub hoses through the plastic hoses to the stub hoses coming off...
  • Re: obsolete bleeder for 83.5 solved
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:19:06 EDT
    ...025 121 102- $50 (I have found 102A to be the same hose and much cheaper at $32) Bleeder to Radiator Return: 025 121...
  • Re: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:50:45 -0800
    ...The 3rd is the return line back to the tank. It is on the round end, opposite the end with the small vacuum hose...
  • Re: Hot Foot well
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 1 Jul 2021 01:37:03 -0500
    ...Minor point, just to make it a little easier – > That valve is inline in one of those hoses, the return I think. I don...
  • Re: Fire Extinguishers
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:04:10 -0500
    ...Just out of curiosity I returned to Pep Boys Auto to day and opened the Gates Hose display only to find out that every...
  • Re: Westy A/C replacement hose questions
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 7 Aug 1998 02:02:58 EDT
    ...canister above the left rear wheel where the return from the > evaporator (the other AC Hose) Yes, that's it. The thingie (that's...
  • Re: help identifying send/return in '85 at cooling system
    Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
    Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:25:25 -0800
    ...the cooled return comes from the�BOTTOM of the rad. in the engine bay the lower hose along the firewall is the hot feed...
  • Radiator disappointment continued
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:09:48 -0400
    ...Luckily I waited to return the first one and only have to make one hour round trip to drop off for the return. Ugh...
  • can I start/run eng. w/o MAS/air cleaner assemb?
    Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
    Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:13:50 -0500
    ...bypassed it, but it came in the kit), everything except the return hose from the FPR. Now the moment of truth. I need to...
  • Re: What are your experiences with Silicone Coolant hoses?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Mon, 15 Jun 2020 11:54:30 -0500
    ...service? (rad supply goes to rad return; rad return goes to rad supply). Too clever? New heater hoses would simply be preferable? g On...
  • Re: vanagon power steering lines
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Sat, 5 Apr 2003 06:49:10 EST
    ...They gave me hydraulic hose for the return > line, but I > recall seeing the rating as somewhat higher than the output spec of the...
  • Re: Rusty Coolant and PS pipes on '85
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 4 Apr 1996 06:14:21 -0500
    ...Return line can be replaced with short sections of hose as needed. In fact there is a hose splice from the factory. The plastic...
  • Re: syncro gas tank leaking????
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 25 Feb 1998 06:41:14 -0800
    ...number of hose that run the EVAO system and the return line form the injection. I wonder if you have a hose that's...
  • Re: Black Nylon Fuel Return Hose Kink. Opinions? PICS.
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:08:56 -0500
    ...But as you say, low >flow rate on that return pipe so improving flow on it may not make any >difference. I thought you...
  • Re: '87 Vanagon GL ATF Cooler
    Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
    Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:39:24 -0800
    ...the return line from the Radiator, between the Thermostat-Housing > and the end of the Plastic return-line. Omits two expensive hoses from > the...
  • Re: Power steering fluid
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:29:33 -0500
    ...To flush the system disconnect the return hose to the reservoir and place in something to collect the fluid. Start the engine and add...
  • Re: mystery hose disconnected
    Historical mailing list - dr
    Mon, 4 Nov 2002 12:08:30 -0500
    ...The other hose comes off the same tank and returns to the engine compartment, where it is not connected. The tank, standing vertically, is...