Marc
Use Stan's solution, a 3/4" pipe with two pieces of rubber hose and
clamps or you can use my method of winding a wire like a spring small
enough to fit inside the hose to keep it from collapsing. Hope this
helps. aloha, Ed Sato

On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 14:55:50 -0500 Marc Perdue <marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET>
writes:
> > I found the reason my fan belt is squealing.  First, you will
> recall that I
> > recently replaced my oil breather hose?  Well, it had a kink in
> it.  I
> > figured it would straighten out on its own.  WRONG!  Here are some
> things I
> > noticed recently without taking the time to actually take a look
> at the
> > engine:  Some oil drips started appearing in my driveway.  My
> engine
> > started smelling more like what I thought was a characteristic
> Vanagon
> > smell, a sort of burnt oil or rubber smell.  The alarms should
> have been
> > going off.  Today I was out in the driveway smoking a cigarette
> and noticed
> > what looked like oil spots on the back of the van.  That did it.
> I popped
> > open the back and looked at the engine.  It's covered in oil!
> Well, that's
> > why my belt's been squealing, obviously.  I'm speculating that the
> kinked
> > breather hose caused a buildup of pressure and has caused oil to
> blow out
> > from somewhere, I'm not sure where exactly.  I'll be going to my
> FLAPS
> > shortly and see if we can't cobble together a better breather
> hose
> > solution; perhaps put an elbow or something in that breather hose
> to
> > straighten out the path and clear the kink.
>
> Marc Perdue
>
>
> > Marc Perdue wrote:
> >
> > >Okay, so the '87 Westy is the oldest vehicle I've owned in quite
> some
> > >time, so I'm a little (make that a lot) rusty at these things.
> I
> > >noticed that my fan belt (okay, it's not really a FAN belt, but
> you know
> > >what I'm talking about) has started squealing over the past week
> or so.
> > >I've also observed that a lot of cars' fan belts squeal more in
> the
> > >winter time.  Is this pretty much normal?  Back in the old days,
> when I
> > >had a Ford truck with 246,000 miles on it, was a student with
> negative
> > >money, I'd just spray the sucker with belt dressing and be on my
> way.
> > >Now that I'm an adult (sort of) with negative money, I'm curious
> if this
> > >is still the best solution.  My real question is this though: Is
> a
> > >squealing fan belt necessarily an indication of a worn-out belt?
> I know
> > >what to look for to figure out if a belt needs to be replaced,
> but it's
> > >dark out just now and I'm basically lazy.  On a vanagon, will a
> broken
> > >fan belt destroy the engine?
> > >
> > >Okay, that's enough of the stupid questions for the moment.
> Thanks for
> > >your support,
> > >Marc Perdue
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>