Date:         Tue, 20 May 2008 06:04:00 EDT
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Draining the gas tank
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In a message dated 19/05/2008 10:07:15 P.M. Central Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

I have  the 'out' hose on my '84 fuel tank in a gas can and the fuel
is draining,  very slowly but it is draining. Does the fuel always
come out that slow?  There is less than 1/2 a tank but I expected
something more, in 10 minutes  I have maybe an inch in my 5 gal can.

I'm changing the fuel tank. After  the 'noisy fuel pump' thread, the
story related by Aaron and the lesson on  old dirty tanks by Scott I
ordered one from Volks Cafe on Thurs. A  competitive price, the order
was processed that same day, it was sitting  here when I got home this
afternoon and there were cookies too!. I can't  really ask more than that.
A quiet pump would be good and being able to use  the whole tank of
gas even better. I also ordered the tank reseal kit, new  hoses and
such down there sounds like a fine  idea.





Well, there ya go  !   If you would have read my story on WHY the fuel tanks
cannot be  repaired or cleaned then you would understand that the fuel  is
going out slowly BECAUSE the screen is plugged and the RUBBER hoses  INSIDE are
rotten and probably of a smaller internal diameter than they should  be.  So,
if the fuel pump is noisy from fuel starvation due to a dirty tank  HOW DO YOU
EXPECT THE FUEL TO DRAIN MORE QUICKLY ?  Just remove the tank  with fuel in it
and then drain it our through one of the many other openings.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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