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Subject:Re: Grommet for fuel hole in fire wall
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Mon, 8 Jun 2009 13:23:58 -0700

sorry........
worked on way too many thousands of vw's that had a fuel line in a rubber
grommet.....
and eventually it wasn't very good, and things chafed, and eventually
leaked.
I stand by my recommendation to just go around the firewall, not through it.

sometimes very low tech is actually better.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Meeks" <vanagon@gmail.com>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
Cc: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: Grommet for fuel hole in fire wall

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Scott Daniel -
Turbovans<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> the other philosophy, which works absolutely perfectly with anything
> that's
> floppy ..........like fuel hose.........is try not to mount it 'too well'
> ..........mount it little loose, so no forces can generate on it. - - ,

FWIW, The grommet Robert sourced  fits the hole in the firewall
perfectly while allowing plenty of room around the fuel hose. There
will be no chafing or rubbing with this set-up. I installed one today
and am happy with the result.

John Meeks
'91 Multivan
Northern Michigan

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