Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:58:30 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject: Re: How Much does a Westfalia propane tank hold?
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Must be some real magic to get almost 4 gallons in to that tank.
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Robert Keezer
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: How Much does a Westfalia propane tank hold?
Mark,
Just your answer alone, not to forget the expected flood of like-answers
confirms my suspicions:
There is a scam operation going on in Oregon and it's time to drop the
dime
on it.
The key word here is "tweak", as in: "Yes, we sometimes have to tweak
the
propane meter".
These are the exact words of the cashier when I told her the meter was
not
accurate .
My propane tank vented when it reached the 80% mark and the valve was
then
shut off. Yet the meter read a gallon more. This is the standard Vanagon
Westfalia propane tank by Manchester.
The same Circle "K" gas station in Eugene supposedly overfilled me to
3.8
gallons .
Eight months ago the same station(the cashier said she remembered me)
was
4.2 gallons.
This time I watched the meter read 3.8 gallons when the attendant shut
off
the valve.
Just like last year, when I alerted the cashier ,she apologized and said
I
only had to pay for 2.8 gallons @1.69 a gallon.
Of course, this time like the first time I stopped there for propane, I
thought that I must have the wrong information about Westy propane tank
capacity. For 8 years.
Last year she told me that you can put more propane in when it's cold
out.
It was 45 degrees F.
I stopped there this time to see if it was fixed.
Now I am almost sure its "rigged".
The main concern at first was of a dangerous overfilling. Now it appears
that the overfilling is in the cash register at this store.
After I report this I'll tell you the location of this filling station
and
the outcome of the investigation , if there is one.
Stay tuned..
Robert
1982 Westfalia
----Original Message Follows----
From: mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net>
To: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: How Much does a Westfalia propane tank hold?
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:41:30 -0700
I usually get 2.5 gallons into an empty tank.
Mark
Robert Keezer wrote:
>
> Westy-owners, How much propane does the stock Vanagon Westfalia
propane
tank
> hold ? What is the 80% fill capacity?
>
> Robert
> 1982 Westfalia
>
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