Loren and Gary, After redoing my crossover pipe and crows nest of hoses to the tank I "never" top off. Those two crummy little side plastic tanks look much better without any gas in them. Any backwashing is likely to be caused by the valves in those plastic tanks not working right or someone has rehosed and not connected the hoses right(hoses are asymetric from side to side). The valves on the plastic tanks get gummed up. You might be able to add some solvent to get them working but they are likely to be good and brittle with age. gary Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 13:10:24 -0600 From: Gary Shea <shea@GTSDESIGN.COM> Subject: Re: Overflow when filling tank On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, at 11:05 [-0700], Loren A. Busch (lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM...: > ............. PS: I was looking up why my van backwashes gas all over > my shoes when I fill > up. If anyone has discovered a cheap AND easy new solution, let me > know..... > Bill. I had the same problem with my '85. No problem with my '90! I > think that it is because I've taken to inserting the pump nozzle all the > way into the filler tube and NOT trying to top off, just quit when the > auto-shutoff trips. I just leave it at that rather than trying to get > another little bit into the tank. Of course, when I'm in Oregon, their > fully automated filling system (mindless robot that stands by the fuel > pumps and jumps to action when you pull up) has to be overridden using > loud voice commands to avoid the 'wash your shoes' problem. I have an '81 westy, it never ever overflowed until I replaced the tank and filler tube with one from... an '85. Now it overflows every &*%$#!@ time I put gas in it! It overflows at the auto-shutoff, I never try to squeeze more gas in, it's a recipe for wet shoes... Gary
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