Date:         Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:57:16 -0400
Reply-To:     Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel Tank
In-Reply-To:  <49EDD92D.4030200@verizon.net>
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Thanks for pointing out a very interesting fuel tank discussion.  It
made me start wondering though whether the fuel pump cavitation
problems that people were claiming to have were actually that.  I
wonder if people actually did fuel pressure tests on their vans when
they discovered the whiny fuel pump.  Then too, I wonder if cleaning
the electrical connections, per the earlier thread on this list, would
have taken care of those noisy fuel pumps and that this was not in
fact a problem of the 7 mm vs. 11 mm sort . . .

In at least one instance in the conversation on thesamba, it sounds
like one of the people complaining of noise didn't install the
crossover tube, which is installing the gas tank incorrectly.  That
same person was talking about trying to get their money back from Bus
Depot because of the 7 mm outlet on BD's tank.  So, does the OEM tank
have an 11 mm outlet?  If it's a 7 mm, then it seems to me the issues
might not be so much tank-related . . . unless the interior design of
the new tank is deficient, that is.

Just some random thoughts, observations, questions . . .
Marc Perdue

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Jeffrey Lubin
<visionwizard@verizon.net> wrote:
> You may also want to consider whether to get the 7 mm or 11 mm outlet on
> the tank.
> See for example Ron Salmon's comment in the following thread on The Samba:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=327521
>
>
> Bill Nagle wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone had experience with the fuel tanks from Bus Depot? Are they
>> safe? Is it an easy install? I have an '85 Westy that is gunking up fuel
>> filters too often
>>
>> Bill Nagle
>>
>>
>