VANAGON archives -- June 2002, week 3 (#62)

Date:         Sun, 16 Jun 2002 12:15:17 -0400
Reply-To:     80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
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From:         80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Gas tank
Comments: cc: Larry Chase <lchase@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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I tried the method you described as well, and ended up
breaking off the siphon hose inside the filler neck.

Its much easier to just detach the fule line under the bus
and drain straight from there.

Of course you'll want to burn off as much gas as you can
before doing this.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 08:29:23 -0700
>From: Larry Chase <lchase@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
>Subject: Gas tank
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>Folks,
>
>Tried siphoning gas from the tank on my 85.
>
>The hose goes in approx. 3 feet and hits resistance.
>
>Is there some sort of restriction in the filler assembly at
this point?
>
>Is there anyway to siphon gas?
>
>Larry Chase
>85 Westy "RoadHaus"
>CA soon to be AZ

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