Has anyone experienced the quality of these date coded return hose? I have them when I purchased a repro power steering cooler. Came with the cooler. Last week, I was backing up and lost steering and smok'n under the hood. Sure enough, the hose came off the steering box. The hose felt soft and mushy. Lost all my steering fluid in the parking lot. Thank goodness it happened in a lot. All I had to do was reattach the hose and add fluid. Then a big mess to clean up at home. I ended up getting new Gates hoses to replace the mushy hose.
