> OK, folks, one more time just to fill up the archives ! > The OEM gas tanks have a problem and it cannot be repaired. > When they become blocked and restrict the flow of gas to the > pump the pump will starve for fuel. When the pump is starved > for fuel it whines because the lubrication of the ball bearings > in side is the FUEL ! Those gas tanks have a screen filter > housed inside a sealed metal box at the bottom of the tank. > The outlet and return lines to that box inside the tank are > made of RUBBER or some similar product, that > after all these years is disintegrating. So..... you cannot > replace those rubber lines and you cannot clean that screen. > ALL Vanagons will eventually have this problem sometime in > their life. Now, this story is in the archives one more time !
FWIW, we sell new replacement tanks for $169 (for everything but Syncro). - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW _____________________________________________ Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT |
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