[T3] Corn Fuel and Type III engines

[Dave Hall]

Most stuff like fuel and hydraulic hoses has to have a date marked on it
now.

I got some eastern brake hoses that lasted just a year before cracking down
to the reinforcement fabric.

There's a guy on ebay UK trying to sell a pair of handbrake cables he claims
are nearly new, for a Golf 3.  What he doesn't realise is they have a date
stamp on one photo of 07 97, in other words the ones that came on the car 15
years ago!

I used to joke that my Golf has the day, month and year marked on its brake
hoses, my Variant has the month and year on its, and the Beetle has the
century marked on its!

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 03 October 2012 17:26
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Corn Fuel and Type III engines

On 3 Oct 2012 at 16:52, Dave Hall wrote:

> I suspect that the 'European' hose isn't made in Europe at all, or if 
> it is, it is produced as a budget product from inferior raw materials.  
> Certainly as applied to after-market quality.

It's also possible that the supply line is long, and what we're seeing is
hose actually made many years ago. It's possible that better hose is on its
way, but we have to wait for it to slip down the pipeline.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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