----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wed 07 April 2004 17:06 Subject: Re: more vanagon smells - gasoline this time
> You have an air cooled van don't you? If so I have the exact reason. > You have a leak, on top of the tank. The leak soaks the tube that blows > heat into the van. Thats where it is coming from. Fix the leak in the > tank, and before you install wrap the heater tube with plastic to prevent > this from happening again. > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro > Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler > 92-Jetta GWC > www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm > > On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Joy Hecht wrote: > > > I've got a new smell question. > > > > Every time I fill my gas tank, the inside of my van smells horribly of > > gasoline for about ten minutes, till it airs out. I'm not spilling > > gasoline, I'm not getting it on my hands or my car keys or anyplace else. > > It doesn't matter whether I leave the van doors open or closed while I'm > > pumping. The gas station doesn't reek of gasoline - though I have noticed > > that in this part of the world they don't have those things on the pumps > > that prevent fumes from going into the air. > > > > Suggestions? Explanations? > > > > Joy, now with Matilda on the Outer Banks of North Carolina Joy has a 1989 Vanagon, so it would be water-cooled. But it still is probably the vent hoses on the top of the gas tank leaking... Don in Phoenix |
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