[Vwdiesel] 1982 diesel caddy fuel breather hose

[Andrew .Libby]

Mcmaster has 5/8" ID and 13/16" OD tygon hose of the formulation I
mentioned.

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 8:50 AM, ken1 <ktzkarz at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> The passage between the panels is a tube a few inches long and has a I.D.
> of just less than an inch and can't be enlarged, unless I cut it off.
> Heating a piece of fuel line might just distort it too much.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com>
> To: VW Diesel Group <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:45:41 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 1982 diesel caddy fuel breather hose
>
> Possible to enlarge the hole through the body?  (I am drawing a blank on
> what it looks like.)
>
> Or possible to heat the fuel line you have found to be able to stretch it
> through the hole?
>
>
>
> Dave Cook
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: ken1 <ktzkarz at embarqmail.com>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 8:33 AM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] 1982 diesel caddy fuel breather hose
>
> What is a good substitute for the plastic breather hose with spring that
> connects to the fuel tank and the filler neck.
> Specs call for 15.5 mm I.D. and 2.5 mm walls. Everything I have found that
> is fuel resistant has walls that are too thick to go thru the hole in the
> body.
> The old line had shrunk about 2 inches and was pulled off the filler neck.
> The original part number is 533 201 153 and is probably sold outside the
> U.S. Found same number for 1992 caddy in europe. All suggestions
> appreciated. ken
>
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> 1982 caddy 1.6L NA running
> 1967 convertible bug running
> 1980 caddy project
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