The Parker hose "Series 39705 Super-Flex(R) FL 5/16" ID Low Permeation Fuel Line CARB 2006 Approved C-U-06-010 Max WP 100 PSI USA 012408A" just arrived. I'll install a piece and see what happens.

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970