Yes. For sure. I had some bits of nylon (plastic?) from the '85 I
parted. Funny that metal was cheaper back then.

I look forward to having continuous pieces of fuel line in there. Less
joins =  peace of mind.

And I have to laugh at just how bad the vent lines were. On one tank,
the PO had a brake bleeder valve put in in place of a broken off
nipple. Plus two metal vent lines were clogged completely shut with
rust!

I'll bet the new venting make my Westy go faster and get better mileage. --- ;^)

Oh no wait. The new Jetta engine should do that! --- :^)

Neil.

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote:
> At 11:19 AM 6/27/2008, neil N wrote...
>>
>> I'm still curious as to why VW used  braided hose - metal hose -
>> braided hose, instead of a continuous piece of hose from each vent.
>>
>> Like, why put in those metal pieces of hose?
>
> Probably cheaper, and were expected to be longer lasting, than all
> cloth/rubber hose. Note that at some point a change was made from steel to
> nylon(?).
>
>

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