rubber hoses misery

[Phil Payne]

> Has anybody noticed that 200K+ miles is a time when rubber hoses begin to
> disintegrate all at once or it's just me? I had one vacuum hose, then a
> bleeder hose and then the lower radiator hose crack on me all in a five days
> span. Is this trend going to continue? Just wondering.

Rubber ages.  That's why there's a time specification for the timing belt as well as a mileage one.

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