Re: crankcase breather hose update

[EICHSTEV@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-07-05 23:47:59 EDT, you write:

>Has anyone heard of a crankcase breather hose update for the 2.3 10V??
>Apparently...the rubber hose, which has a reputation for collapsing AND
>cracking, has been updated by Audi to a metal pipe.  
>
>

Don't know about an "update", but some of the older cars, my '85 5kt for
example, used a metal pipe with a short piece of rubber hose.  Yes, this also
went bad, so other than the expense of that $50 hose, you're not gaining much
IMHO.  

BTW, the rubber crankcase hose on my '86 5ktq lasted until 195k, so I wasn't
too upset to replace it.

Steve Eiche
Lakewood, CO
'82 Not So Ur q
Formerly: '86 5ktq, '86 5kS, '85 5kt, '81 5k
Plus VW Sciroccos '78, '79(2), '80, '82, '84, '84 GTI, '76 GTI
Triumphs: '59 TR3, '70 GT6+, '74,'79 Spitfires
'74 AMC Hornet X (first car, given to me, should have been junked)