rubber hoses misery

[Larry C Leung]

Yup! It's rubber and particually in a turbo car, it's HOT under the hood.
Replace your rubber bits now or you'll likely be sorry.

LL - NY

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:03:04 -0800 "Efraim Gavrilovich"
<egav at wireless2000.com> writes:
>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
>
>