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Date:         Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:20:52 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Final stage of my long term fuel pump issue - what would you
              do?
Comments: To: tele2222@yahoo.com
In-Reply-To:  <20061018061138.92906.qmail@web30003.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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If it was my van I would put in a new tank.

I love my vans and will be using them for a long time to come, so the cost works for me over time. And even better, if you replace the offending part, you usually only have to do it once!

That tips the scales for me.

YMMV

On 10/17/06, Curt Newsome <tele2222@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Thanks to all who responded to my earlier post about > my noisy fuel pump. The story is not over but I'm > getting close. > > To make a long story short my fuel pump was noisy and > eventually failed completely because it got plugged up > with a fine rust colored silt from my just "cleaned" > tank. While the ruined pump is apparently my problem > (shop taking no responsibility for this), they have > offered to re-remove the tank and send it back to > Seatle Radiator to be re-cleaned. > > I'm wondering if I should just replace the tank - I > guess I'm just skeptical of anyone's ability to really > clean out the old one and am pretty sick of dealing > with this. And i really don't want to ruin anohter > fuel pump (this one was new in June!). > > The guy at Seattle Radiator seemed pretty baffled that > a tank he had just cleaned could have had gunk in it > and claimed that they had never had a problem before, > but was more than willing to redo the work (more than > I can say for my soon-to-be-former VW mechanic). Any > opinion on which route to take? While it would be > cheaper to let them re-clean, the last thing I want is > any more trouble out of this - ever. > > What would you do? Any advice on backyard Seattle > mechanics who could install a new tank cheerfully > accepted! > > Thanks for your help! > > Curt Newsome > '85 Westy > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >

-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com


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