See now you're getting me all excited, I've bought the 22.5 gallon winkler tank and now you've got me daydreaming about the potential for a secret reserve valve. Let me know if you find anything... Thanks, Chris Gronski Toronto, Ontario, '80 Westy "Pokey" '87 Chevrolet Sprint 5-Door '91 Pontiac Firefly Convertible ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max/Joyce Wellhouse" <maxjoyce@IPA.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 2:17 PM Subject: Re: Does running out of gas damage fuel injection?
> Haven't check underthe vanagon, but my 79 loaf had a spigot that screwed on > from underneath and had a piece of rubberthat would float around and block > the orifice when the tank got low. Always wondered if the old pre 62 beetle > reserve tap set up was either still available from aftermarket sellers and > whether or not it would screw into a vanagon tap giving you a chance to run > out of gas and then crawl under the car(your punishment for forgetting to > fuel up) and flip the lever so you had the 1.3 gallon reserve to get you to > the gas station. > > Theoretically, the higher the spigot and the orifice pipe stick up, the more > gas volume that will sit unused, I think? > > Dimwitted aMoose and Flying squirrel |
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