Date:         Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:51:04 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>
Subject:      Re: Baffles in Tanks
Comments: To: Michael Townsend <townsend@rtp.ericsson.se>

Mine shows more fuel downhill and decelerating.  Never noticed any severe
fluctuation on cornering either.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Townsend" <townsend@rtp.ericsson.se>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 9:30 AM
Subject: Baffles in Tanks


> Interesting,
>
> When I did the vent hose / tank grommet job on my 90 Carat, I replaced the
> fuel guage sending unit grommet.  With the float and arm removed, you can
> easily see a large wall in the tank so that the float sits in its own
> channel, with just a small hole to the rest of the tank.  My guage doesn't
> fluctuate around corners, just on inclines, because the baffle wall is
> longways in the direction of travel.  It looked like the OEM tank to me.
>
> Michael
>
> > I have looked into a bunch of Vanagon gas tanks and I never remember
> seeing
> > any baffles either.  When my '91 Carat Vanagon (which has the original
VW
> > tank) goes around corners, especially when the gas is low, I get much
> > fluctuation of the gas gauge.
>