The heater hose is 5/8" hose that you can get from your FLAPS. Get the
thicker wall sturdier stuff. I'd double check the archives, but I
think 25' is enough, but I'm not sure if that length is for a Vanagon
with only a front heater core. 30' wouldn't hurt. For that matter you
could easily measure what is there.

Cheers,

Neil.

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Joe Federici <joefederici@earthlink.net> wrote:
> So I'm getting ready to replace the coolant lines with a set of
>  stainless steel lines and wanted to replace the coolant hose for the
>  front and rear heater cores that run under it.
>
>  Should I just got with a good quality 5/8  hose like gates? I looked
>  up the part numbers from EKTA but none of the major resellers,
>  Vanagain, VolksCafe or BusDepot have anything listed. My local dealer
>  wanted like 180.00 a side.
>
>  JFF
>
>  87 Syncro Adventurewagen: Vincent Van-Go
>

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