I wasn't sure if it was original or not. After my experience with the previous owner, I naturally assumed he put the wrong type of hose on the fuel line. That thing sweat so much fuel, my guess is that it was causing a drop in pressure. Whenever I drove somewhere and shut the car off, I always had a hard time getting it to start again.
I'm still looking for the coolant leak but haven't gotten around to removing the skid plate and checking the lines running to the transmission.