In a message dated 6/14/01 2:19:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, maxjoyce@IPA.NET writes:
> My spillage history is as follows: > Bought 90GL in 4/97 No fill up problems. About last summer, I started > with the post-fillup smell. Replaced crossover pipe, grommets, hoses a la > Wilfy kit. Smell went away, but a couple tanks of gas later the filler pipe > belching started. My van has the later ball in the bottom of the filler > neck, so my next course of action will be to replace the valves in the top > of the expansion tanks under the front fender wells. Something in these > systems isn't breathing properly and is not allowing the escaping air(that's > being replaced by the pumped in fuel) to reach the atmosphere, right? Maybe > it could be a blockage or constriction in the ball valve assembly at the > bottom of the filler neck piece. All I can say, is that the 2WD models > didn't do it when they were new, so there has to be something that has > failed somewhere. > > so what was the consensus on this? just went to fill up the GL and gas belched all over the side of the van again.. chris
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