On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

>   On one recent conversion the way the hoses laid.....one  naturally wanted
> to go though a well-protected firewall hole..
> but otherwise, why not just go around ?

Possibly a lack of experience on my part but for sure it put the hoses
more or less in line with the fuel rail.

> I'm kinda 'over protective' about fuel hoses and wires ..
> they are both built to take touching things ...
> but I just like another layer of protection on top of that too.

I replaced the hoses on my Jetta engined Vanagon just recently. They
were new a 4 or 5 years ago. They had relatively low miles on them.

A nearby hose had been rubbing on one of them. It didn't do any huge
damage, but the wear is pretty obvious. 2 images starting here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/EngineConversionJettaABA20#5841318408378261906

Neil.

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