Please tell me why braide (sic) stainless steel hose is NOT a viable (or
mentioned) alternative to the deteriatable (sic) cotton/rubber hoses?
Has any one spent the $$$$$ to do this? How bad was it?
curious
Mike
87 WolfW/E
87 Westy
89 Jetta
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Mike and Becky-

I would think it would work just fine. Brainstorming WHY folks haven't used
them, I would think chiefly the PRICE of fitting good quality Stainless
Steel lines with the proper barbed/clamped fittings. I wouldn't venture a
guess, but would think it could be pretty steep, particularly compared with
the $1.50-a-foot alternative that lasts a couple years.

The only three problems I can conceive: the SS lines could cause chaffing
and abrading other softer lines/materials in the motorbox; the SS lines
could rattle against other metal in the motorbox; the SS lines could be
more prone to vapor lock. All of those things could be dealt with, though.

G. Matthew Bulley
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