<html>
<DIV>
<P>Hi Jay.</P>
<P>An evil PO cut my plastic line inside the wheel arch and installed a &quot;Fuelstar&quot;, using short pieces of rubber fuel hose and jubilee clips around the new ends of the plastic fuel line. Admittedly this must have been ok for a couple of years, but then the plastic new ends started to collapse. They couldn't handle the jubilee clips around them any more. I ended up with fuel leaking all over the place, so I replaced the whole run with high pressure rubber fuel hose. Expensive, but safer. My mechanic, who is a Volkswagen guru, told me this plastic stuff is not meant to be cut. Maybe he's wrong, but I wouldn't risk it.</P>
<P>Geoff</P>
<P>Australia<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Jay L Snyder<JAY.L.SNYDER@USA.DUPONT.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Reply-To: Jay L Snyder<JAY.L.SNYDER@USA.DUPONT.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Plastic Fuel Lines
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 09:08:50 -0400
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Someone made a comment about the plastic fuel line that is used on the
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Vanagon that really disturbs me. He said not to cut the ends off, because
<DIV></DIV>&gt;they are reinforced and the new ends will leak. I find this really hard to
<DIV></DIV>&gt;believe. VW would make length specific plastic tubing with reinforced
<DIV></DIV>&gt;ends? Let's not spread false information on this list. Can any of the
<DIV></DIV>&gt;vendors verify this one way or the other? I just finished doing all my
<DIV></DIV>&gt;fuel lines and cut the ends back because they were deformed from the
<DIV></DIV>&gt;original fuel line clamps. I don't want to hear they are going to leak at
<DIV></DIV>&gt;the plastic fuel lines.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; Jay '85 Westy (The Hindenburg)
<DIV></DIV><br clear=all><hr>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <a href="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</a>.<br></p></html>