Good find! There is also VW hose that works to replace the bad cyl head
end of that diesel van heater hose. VW 171121611E has the right diameter
ends, about 10" long, not expensive since it fits other VWs.

Mark

Alan Felder wrote:
> To that end, I can report that there is a replacement hose available from
> Orielly's, and anywhere Gates hoses are sold.  It is a Gates 19663, is about
> 1" at one end and 5/8" at the other.  I didn't measure the length but it is
> about 3 feet long.  I cut it shorter to splice into my newer 5/8" where it
> passes down along side the passenger side of the transmission, because full
> length would have put the splice near the area of the rear cross-member
> where there is a lot of other things going on.
>
> My original hose end near the head, which I had left when I replaced the
> rest of the heater hoses was leaking thru pores in it, and so very hard to
> track down this leak.  Of course this all occurred over 900 miles from
> home.  This was on an 82 diesel westy.
>