For what it's worth, my original hose had a fabric cover. This was a 1985 van.

Karl Wolz
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> On Jul 24, 2015, at 10:00 AM, mike riley <mkriley1@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> thanks,
> they did not have the right stuff.
> the oem hose has a black covering with a red thread in it to differentiate it from fuel hose which gets hard and stiff with coolant use and from brake line hose which has a blue liner. I still have the oem hose which is getting short from trimming the ends every decade. Still soft and supple after all these years and works without a hose clamp.
> mike
> 
> From: jondvo@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: 7mm braided coolant hose, overflow to pressure
> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:39:26 -0600
> To: mkriley1@hotmail.com
> 
> Notice GAS has changed. Try Belmetric, they have the proper size but don't see red color
> 
> Sent from a rotary phone
> On Jul 24, 2015, at 10:23 AM, mike riley <mkriley1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> no luck there they don't seem to have any hoses
> 
>> Subject: Re: 7mm braided coolant hose, overflow to pressure
>> From: jondvo@gmail.com
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:03:39 -0600
>> CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> To: mkriley1@HOTMAIL.COM
>> 
>> I believe German auto supply may have that
>> 
>> Sent from a rotary phone
>> 
>>> On Jul 24, 2015, at 8:36 AM, mike riley <mkriley1@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>> anybody know who carries the oem braided cooling line with the red thread on the cover. Just ordered the part from one of our suppliers and got 5/16 fuel injection hose. TOO STIFF and WRONG SIZE  need to use a hose clamp on it unlike the OEM stuff
>