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Subject:Re: Coolant Hoses
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:20:44 PDT

I would not touch nor consider using NAPA coolant hoses - buy it from Ken or
BD or the Dealer or fly to Germany and buy them there from VW - OEM on
coolant hoses will be a much safer way to go - do you want to save money or
do you want to save your engine?

>From: Mark Ingalls <ingalls_mark@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Mark Ingalls <ingalls_mark@hotmail.com>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Coolant Hoses
>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:30:49 CDT
>
>>>>And I'm guessing you would have a hard time finding hoses at NAPA. While
>>>>I
>>didn't go to NAPA my local FLAPS just grinned when I looked for the bus
>>hoses.<<<
>
>No, really Jeff  : )  I was looking at a page last night at work, I believe
>it was the guy with the Digi-tool. Anyway he had taken his box of hoses to
>NAPA and searched their stock and found some that matched. He has them
>listed and cross-referenced.
>
>I don't know if NAPA would be cheaper than Ken, but it might be good for an
>emergency. Or you could cross reference NAPA to FLAPS maybe.
>
>Thanks for your tips.
>
>Mark Ingalls
>
>
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