Thanks for the education Scott, that explains a lot. Rob becida@comcast.net At 5/14/2008 07:38 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: >Here's how I understand vanagon 2WD fuel tanks, both diesel or gas : > >So I took my tank to my radiator shop, back when you could get them worked >on easily by many radiator shops. >See that 6 inch diameter round area in the middle of the tank bottom side - >that's a sump area. ? >That's a screened sump pick up area - that's where fuel is drawn from via >internal pipe from the corner outlet. And the screen allows only clean fuel >into the pick up pipe. The screen area can goo up. > > >When you look inside the fuel tank through the fuel sender hole - they often >look clean as a whistle. > >So I tell my radiator shop guys to fix it , clean it out, whatever. >I go down there one day and they had cut it open in the sump area. >And........yup, gummed up . > >So when I see gas ( or diesel ) fuel won't flow out of that corner pipe, >with say 1/4th of a tank of fuel - I diagnose is a 'clogged up tank. ' > >The only real repairs is a good used tank or a new one. |
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