I have a mended hose coming out of the head on my inline VW Vanagon,
patched on the roadside in Portland Oregon about 5 years ago.
    That rescue tape is good stuff.!  I've had a new replacement hose in my
spares all this time, but it feels quite flimsy... I'm sticking with the
taped up one.
   Going under tbe van to swap out the starter this morning.. though the
old one is still working...Ever since I swapped in a 2liter ABA (93 Jetta)
motor (appx 75k miles ago) my starter has been making a "squelching" noise
at the end of the starting event....Weird.  I'm guessing tbe 'new' one will
work better, without the odd noise... likely a missing bushing... Lately
I'm hearing another "whirring" sound as the starter begins... It's been
doing the job for years, but the additional new whirring sound has me
worried..I go lots of places where I'd be hard-pressed to push start the
old van alone... something I can do on flat ground....time to go to work, I
guess.