Fuel Lines

[Jonathan Farrugia]

i've never seen a problem with the plastic lines.  they fair really well in
accidents.  i have done some abusive testing in the junk yards on them and
they are quite resilient.  i think vw started using the plastic lines in
the 88 golfs when they switched from CIS to digifant II.

jonathan

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Huw Powell wrote:

>
> > i have wondered the same thing about why audi used metal lines and vw used
> > the plastic lines ...  i would still think that they would
> > have been using the plastic in a upper end car if they wanted it to last.
>
> Somehow it doesn't seem like "plastic instead of metal" says "upper end"
> to me.
>
> But considering that up here in the rust belt the metal lines can rust
> out under the rubber hangers in 10-12 years, it is a very good question.
>   Are there any durability issues with the plastic lines used on the old
> VWs?
>
> --
> Huw Powell
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