Date:         Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:52:00 -0800
Reply-To:     phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: leaking gas when filling
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"but there seems to be
no
way in Hell that I could do any kind of repair on it
without dropping
the
gas tank.  Maybe this is no big deal... but i do not
really want to
deal
with it right now."


2 years ago i fixed the broken plastic "Y"-connector
with some hand mixed epoxy putty. (the fix Still works
to this day) but my expansion tanks wont fill up and i
dont get a full tank. I drove from California to
Florida like this 8 gallons of gas at a time....I
should have just dropped the tank and replaced the
part but I was lazy and poor.
I still need to fix that darn "Y"

Phil 84' Westy Tiico "Millenium Falcon"
60' Morris Mini1340CC
84' Westfalia Wolfsburg edition--FOR SALE-FOR SALE-SE
VENDE!!!!!!(Florida)
AC, PS, 4spd. Super clean interior, Captains chairs,
Rare removeable center bench seat for 6 passenger
capability. Body has some rusty seams
Rolling Chassis-(Has NO engine)-Perfect for a
conversion project!!! Tiico? Subaru?











--- Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT> wrote:
> The problem with mine is that the damn "y-connector"
> that is on the drivers
> side of the top of the gas tank, has just snapped
> from its tube (which runs
> over to the passenger side).  It normally runs
> between the two plastic gas
> "overflow pressure vent" containers... there is
> another Y-connecter on the
> passenger side.
>
> The other day I pulled the wheel, and took a closer
> look at this nasty
> little tube, and I can see it, I can touch it... but
> there seems to be no
> way in Hell that I could do any kind of repair on it
> without dropping the
> gas tank.  Maybe this is no big deal... but i do not
> really want to deal
> with it right now.
>
> I fill my tank to 3/4 full.. and no more.  I am
> probably losing a few
> gallons a week to evaporation alone though.
>
> Hope this helps.  Good Luck,
>
> RSF
>
> <º)))>{   <º)))>{   <º)))>{   <º)))>{   <º)))>{
> <º)))>{
>
> Robert S. Fish
> Salzburg, Austria
> 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
> 1987 Golf Cabriolet
> 1991 Golf
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Rueb" <VW87JETAGL@AOL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:42 PM
> Subject: leaking gas when filling
>
>
> > everyey time i fill my tankthe auto shut off
> always lets gas spill down
> the
> > side of van even if i do it maunally i never had
> this prob with any other
> vw
> > any ideas    no luck with water in fuse box either
> yet
> > thanks
> > patrick
> > 87 gon wolfs
> >


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