Date:         Mon, 11 Sep 2000 13:17:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Does running out of gas damage fuel injection?
Comments: To: Jshopper1@aol.com
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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
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Lockwood <Jshopper1@aol.com>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: Does running out of gas damage fuel injection?


>Chris,
>
>I don't think so.  Contrary to all the conventional wisdom about sucking
crud off the bottom of the tank, when your "run out of gas" there is still
some gas left in the bottom of the tank.  How much?  I don't know but I
would guess about 1 gallon (US).  How do I know?
>Last week end I took out my gas tank (nasty job but necessary) and replaced
the seals and cross over tube.  I drained out all of the gas that would come
out of the tank nozzle (simulating running out of gas).  There was still
plenty of gas sloshing around inside of the tank.  At that point I dropped
the tank and siphoned out the last gas and donated it to my lawn mower.
>I guess that the tank nozzle does not go all the way to the bottom of the
tank.
>Comments from other list members?
>
>Dennis Lockwood
>91 Carat
>Original Owner