Date:         Sat, 5 May 2001 18:51:02 EDT
Reply-To:     Wolfvan88@aol.com
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@aol.com>
Subject:      Need Help from those that store their Vanagons for a month or
              more for a lawsuit
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I had an incident with a gas station that gave me some bad gas.

I drove it for at least @2315 miles documented then over 200 miles prior to
getting  the bad gas on Sunday morning April 1st. ( I was taking my
Grandmother, Along with her special chair to her sister in VA)

I had my Vanagon parked for most of March as I waited for money from my new
job to be able to afford new tires and then a state inspection.

The van sat overnight on both Friday and Saturday night.
I drove over 50 miles Friday- failed inspection due to a cracked fuel
pressure regulator vacuum hose.

I drove over 120 miles during the Saturday. Passed inspection (With the ECU
power chip and ratio rockers)

The insurance company is saying that my fuel tank rusted out during the month
it was parked with a nearly full tank of gas.

I cranked the engine and ran it for @15 minutes several times during the time
it was parked.

When I drove it @15 miles to top up the tank with 6.42 gallons of gas and
then about 90 miles later over rough roads and parked.  When I came out my
engine would not start as before.

I cleaned out the fuel filter three times over the next 50 miles, blowing out
red sediment.
I then drained the tank and filled it with a full tank and the engine ran for
the next 240 miles until I dropped the tank to try to clean it out.


What I need is notes stating that you have:
A stock Vanagon fuel tank.
You stored your Vanagon for X amount of time and did not have a rusty tank as
a result of it.

If anyone has had bad fuel what was done to resolve it?



Thanks for your help,

Robert



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