Date:         Thu, 24 Oct 2002 00:02:20 +0100
Reply-To:     Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Subject:      Re: spare tire gas tank
Comments: cc: pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
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Time for an air dam then, plus an annular fuel tank?
Ons econd thoughts, don't think I'd like any kind of fuel can or tank that
far north, or south come to think of it. VW seems to have put theirs well
away from incidental damage, wouldn't you say?

Clive
'88 Syncro Transporter

----- Original Message -----
From: "pensioner" <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: spare tire gas tank


> For those of us with WBX motors, take a good look at the holes in the
bottom
> of the spare tire dish.  Part of the exhaust path for the blower and
> radiator is ... the spare tire well.  If you put a fuel can in that space
it
> won't get hot enough to hurt anything but airflow will be changed.  For
> y'all in the grate northwet, no worries, mon.  For us in the great
american
> desert,  anything that makes it harder to cool off is a worry...mon.
>
> p