"Tuomas" wrote in message ...

>Often seen also, not a myth at all.

>I've had several original VWs from 60's and none of them have had clamps on
>fuel lines until I installed them. Newer ones had partial clamping, not all
>hoses.

>You'd have to have factory advertisements showing clamps to convince me
>that factory used them and they magically have vanished from all I've
>had/repaired.

pinched bandclamps came on the pressure side of the fuel pump, and they are
visible in shots from factory owner's manuals, if you wish to check it
out... some years have clearer shots than others... it is, indeed, a myth
that vw did not use hoseclamps on fuel lines...