Date:         Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:23:39 -0400
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
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From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
Subject:      Re-Sealing Gas Tank again
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I re-sealed my gas tank for the 2nd time yesterday.  I did this back
in March of 2005 but slowly over time I have begun to have the
gasoline smell when the tank is full, and saw wet lines at the
expansion tank connections on the driver's side.  The problem was 2
things:  I used some  of that cloth covered  type of fuel line for
some of the connections and it was those that were leaking.  And I
used some hose clamps that I think were too big so that they didn't
compress the hose evenly and caused it to crack under the clamp and
leak.  In this redo, I got some nice quality, proper sized clamps
from Ken at Vanagain, and replaced all the hose with the solid rubber
hose by Gates from my FLAPS.  I also replaced those 4 plastic
intermediate tubes with just continuous hose.  That eliminated  8
connections and hose clamps from the system which I think is a good
thing.  Especially since those connections are not accessible without
dropping the tank.  I hope there isn't a reason that part of those 4
lines have to be made of that different material.  Today when I
cleaned up the leftover mess, I found that 2 of those plastic lines
have crimps in one end of them.  I wonder if they need a flow
restriction for some reason?

Edward