---- Original Message ---- From: debbwa@EARTHLINK.NET To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: RE: gas overflow Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:09:01 -0400 >Hi guys, > >Searched the archives about a gos overflow problem (spilling across >the >whole back side of the tank when I filled up tonight) and learned >that it is >likely that the grommets have to be replaced, and that it a job that >needs >to be done "blind" if I'm not gonna drop the tank. Can someone tell >me what >I am looking at (no pun intended)? Do the expansion tank hoses >simply >insert into the grommets, or over a nipple on the grommets, or what? > How >many grommets are there that I should replace? > >I don't have a Bently (asked for one for Christmas), and the repair >manual I >do have doesn't discuss the tank at all. > >Thanks, > >deb >'85 Westy "Gypsy" > Hi Deb, I have just done this job on mine. And it was not the grommet. It was one of the plactic pipes that fit into the grommet... So, I had to take the tank out and change the cross-over pipe, $40, and replace the whole thing. One day job for me. It is not a big deal at the workshop but still can take 2-3 hours. Zoltan |
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