RE: A/C Hose failure - possible preemptive strike?

["Ng, Kevin (NationsCredit)" <kevin.ng@nationscredit.com>]

I've taken a look at that piece myself, and it looks like the donut actually
sticks to the fan cowling. Adding a steel clamp would be a good idea, but if
you were to drive over a big bump, the hose may move just enough that the
donut would slip to the side. Maybe using two clamps, one for the donut and
one to hold it in place, would be a bit safer.

Kevin Ng
97 GLX Windsor Blue


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Matt Cleland [SMTP:cleland@stlnet.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, July 30, 1998 1:44 PM
> To:	JettaGLX List; GTI-VR6 List
> Subject:	A/C Hose failure - possible preemptive strike?
> 
> I've been reading a lot of your notes about the A/C hose that rubs on the
> fan cowling and fails, and thought of a possible solution.  On my 98 GLX,
> there is a rubber donut that surrounds the hose at that location, which
> looks like it was added to keep the hose from rubbing, or delay failure
> til
> the warranty is over ;-(.  Anyway, the rubber donut is made of fairly soft
> rubber, and is already being cut into by the fan cowling.  My thought was
> to
> get a steel hose clamp and put it around the donut.  This would basically
> create a "steel belted donut" which would not be hurt by the fan cowling.
> 
> Does this sound like a good mod?
> 
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> 98 Jetta GLX
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