Wally,
Age is only one factor. The bigger factor is heat. Even if the hoses have
been sitting around since 1988 they were not submitted to hot coolant and
engine heat.
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Wally Schneider <wallysch@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 2:12 PM
Subject: Hoses Age

>Hi all
>
>All this talk about replacing old hoses with "new" ones made me curious.
>Suppose I buy new hoses for my van from a vendor, and the hoses were
>manufactured in 1988, sat around warehouses, finally were sold to a
discount
>vendor, sat around some more and finally were bought by me.
>Are these hoses new or are they 12 years old?
>
>Wally
>84 Westy
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