rubber hoses misery

[james accordino]

Or is it the 12-13+ years?  I follow the same advice
Huw and others do.  Replace all in a system or area
being worked on.  Small splices to repair damage will
only drive you crazy.  Unless it's an emergency, this
should be avoided.  Anyone owned an older home with
200 splices in their copper plumbing?  You can fix a
leak with a small splice and then it'll leak 6" down
from that.  Stuff just reaches the end of its service
life.

Jim Accordino

--- Efraim Gavrilovich <egav at wireless2000.com> wrote:
> 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.
> Regards,
> Efraim Gavrilovich
> 1988 5KTQ 335,000km (208K mi), 1.8 Bar
> 1990 90 111,000km (68K mi)
> Vancouver, Canada
>
>


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