Date:         Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:19:09 -0400
Reply-To:     "Michael S. Nichols" <msnichols@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Michael S. Nichols" <msnichols@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Leaking Gas tank donut gasket!
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Hello from Atlanta, GA.  Today I dropped my '81 air cooled gas tank and
replaced the old fuel lines and the large donut gasket for the tank fill
pipe.  I have been unable to wiggle and reset the fill pipe in such a way to
not leak gas when the tank has 12 gal+ in it.  I tried to push the pipe in
the donut gasket without any lubricant, and it would not go.  I then put
some WD40 on both the pipe and donut gasket, and they went together
easily----too easily, perhaps?  Short of taking my Van into a service center
to fix this, does anyone have any ideas as to what I did wrong, and what I
can do to remedy the leaking gas problem?  Should I remove the fill pipe,
clean off the WD 40 from both the gasket and the pipe, and use something
else, or use no lubricant?  Thank you list!!

Regards,

Mike Nichols
'81 air cooled on-the-fritz