Originally Posted by razorboy

I am definitely inclined to believe that not only from the symptoms I have read about but also the fact that this seems to be a common issue and one that I personally have never come across with 171K on the clock.

Taking your advice and have already ordered the new valve. It comes with two of the hoses but are there other hoses that I should order since they will probably be dried out at this mileage.

Cheers
Bernie