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Subject:Re: Hose ID: Crossover tube to expansion tanks?
From:neil n
Date:Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:24:19 -0700
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:23 AM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> '81 Vanagon.
>
> 5mm ID low pressure braided currently installed. Is this the correct
> size? End was cracked pretty bad. Only 2 YO. Cable straps were used.
>
> I have 7mm hose on hand if thats a better fit. (though it slips very
> easily over nipples)

Is there anything wrong with using 7mm FI hose?

My thinking is that this particular 5mm braided hose cracks, then
seeps through braid. I can see where impression of nipple ends.
Cracked all the way to that point.

Neil.

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