Originally posted by Matt R:
I disagree. It is preventenative maintence. The whole idea of that is fixing things before they break to stop more expensive or inconvienent problems. After a year, mine had a good deal of rust. I wouldn't want to be driving and have the gas just start pouring out over a simple $6 part.
Not all of us live in rust states.
Of course it's a good idea to replace something that is rusting away. 
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