Date:         Mon, 11 Sep 2000 14:27:43 -0400
Reply-To:     "1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
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From:         "1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Does running out of gas damage fuel injection?
Comments: cc: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>, KENWILFY@aol.com
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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