Date:         Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:15:18 -0600
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
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From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel tank cross over tube
Comments: To: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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Kenneth Wilford wrote:

>Most of the time if you have a fuel smell after you fill up with gas, or
>if you have a leak on the ground after filling up, then one of the
>plastic "T"s this plastic pipe is broken (about 80% of the time).  Most
>folks who are doing this job don't want to do it again any time soon so
>they replace the plastic pipe even if it might not need it at the time
>because they realize that it only takes a couple of minutes to put the
>new pipe in when the tank is out vs. dropping the whole tank again to
>replace it later.
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>If you have already done your repair, and you are not experiencing a
>fuel smell on fill up or leakage, I would not worry about it until you
>start to have a problem.
>
>Hope this helps.
>PS, the plastic pipe is going up in price again to around $53.  Thanks
>VW!
>
>
So, what's so special about this plastic pipe?
  Seems to me that I read a post once about someone using ordinary fuel
hose instead.

Larry A.
 starting to notice a little fuel smell after fill-ups.

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