!@%#*! breather hose

[Huw Powell]

> As I just posted, I traced a not start condition in my 200 qa over the
> weekend to a rotten breather hose (the one that goes down the side of
> the block). I fixed it temporarily with piece of copper plumbing pipe,
> but has anyone found a better system than the plain rubber (that rubs
> against a coolant pipe and has hot oil vapors circulating through it)
> hose?

Well, I don't know about the 200, but on the similar-era type 89 the 
dealer replacement for that part is metal tube with a couple of short 
bits of hose to connect it at each end.

-- 
Huw Powell

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