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I know the new ethanol additives in gas make the inside of hoses soft and weak, but it seems to me the rubber in hoses is crap too. Last night while taking my sister in law to the airport I started smelling gas in my daily driver Suburban. Figured I'd wait until I got home to check it.
This moring I started up the truck and to my surprise saw a tiny stream of gas shooting right at me! The hose had many little cracks, and one that had split open! These were brand new hoses when I bought the truck about 18 months ago, and now they're pretty hard and brittle.
Seems to me that the material they make hose from is really going downhill!
This moring I started up the truck and to my surprise saw a tiny stream of gas shooting right at me! The hose had many little cracks, and one that had split open! These were brand new hoses when I bought the truck about 18 months ago, and now they're pretty hard and brittle.
Seems to me that the material they make hose from is really going downhill!