Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:16:31 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Gas Tank Blowing Fuel Out When Filled
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I wouldn't think the expansion tanks are involved , except at the lower end
of their hoses where they go to the tank.
( but you never quite know until it's finally fixed , and these vans are
getting old )
I have seen or read about several cases of 'drop the tank and install all
new grommets' and it still leaks or smells when filled.
Things that pop to mind that could be out of place :
There's the 3 vent hole grommets on top of the tank..
there's the sender o-ring .......a twist to lock thing that wouldn't be too
hard to let the o-ring slip out of place,
there's the filler neck grommet on the side.
and there's the plastic Y fittings in the main vent tube across the top of
the tank - those just love to break. They get old and brittle, you look at
them funny, and they break - or they are not in place correctly. perhaps
yours are new, but it's a hard job to do right, no matter how you do it.
It's quite a 'curse' type car repair job. I have a local vanagon guy near
me who won't do them even. He ought to do a syncro gas tank sometime !
lol.
One thing is for sure : "It's a blockage or leakage of fluids or electrons.'
It *always* is.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Stewart" <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:30 PM
Subject: Gas Tank Blowing Fuel Out When Filled
> So I had an one of my old mechanics in NYC install the Vanagain Gas
> Tank Seal Kit. Either they did not do the job right or something else
> is wrong.
>
> Every time I fill the tank and let the gas stations pump auto shut off
> when filled it blows of out of the bottom near the rail that mounts
> the tank on the passenger side. I can see the fuel spill out and down
> the rail onto the floor. It's not a huge amount but it is dangerous I
> want to solve the problem.
>
> Could it be that they did not install one of the 3 rubber grommets
> properly?
>
> Or Could it be something with the expansion tanks that link to the gas
> tank?
>
> Looking for suggestions...
>
> The strange thing about this issue was the first time I filled up
> after it was just installed it did not blow out, but all fill ups
> after did!
>
> Strange.
>
> Any help would be appreciated as always.
>
> Robert
> Bloomingburg NY
> 88 Wolfsburg, Silver
> 239,700 miles - automatic
> AIM: rmstewart@mac.com
