Date:         Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:27:52 EDT
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: Re.Spillage when filling the gas
Comments: To: maxjoyce@ipa.net
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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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