Alan

Malcolm - that was still my preferred answer too... but if someone is thinking its not needed yet - much better to test the water by doing one... I do think I know what the answer will be on further investigation of the removed hose.

Alan

dr bob

Mine looked great, felt great, weren't crispy on the insides at all. Wish my own plumbing was in such good shape... They were ALL replaced anyway, just because of age. The risk of failure is just too great.

The failure mode is, if you are lucky, a faint smell of fuel followed by the whooosh of flames as the car is consumed. The lucky part is the few seconds warning you get with the smell prior to spontaneous combustion as the vapors reach the hot exhaust metal. No hand fire extinguisher is big enough or fast enough to avoid damage, even if you were standing there ready when it started.


The new hoses are relly really cheap insurance. In my opinion.

17prospective buyer

They look fine because they stay in that same position for years. Bend them and there'll be cracks in the outer rubber sheath. +1 on Greg's hoses, if you got the money, buy em. They're professionally made, and are (your) lifetime hoses. I will be making my own hoses with fittings that have the metric globe seal, but have imperial barbs, so you can use virtually any hose there is.

mickster

Age+Fuel+Mileage+10% Ethanol=Replace.