Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:22:16 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Question about removing fuel tank
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here's something useful I've found to do ..
for an old tank that is out of the van, and you're going to put it back
in ..
before installing it, stand it on end so the fuel outlet pipe is
sticking straight up..
fill that tube with SeaFaom fuel treatment ..
let it gradually seep in ..
or use compression air to push it it ..
in any case, the idea is to dissolve junk in the sump pick up area.
it's a one person job gong back in ..
same thing tho - raise, fiddle, ......raise some more, fiddle some etc. .
one piece of good new ...the fuel sender can be replaced only by
lowering the rear of the tank and sneaking in there.
On 8/11/2012 3:07 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> I got it out fine. Rubber good, fittings good, lines good. Actually,
> tank good. Gas BAD!! Very very very bad!!! Looked like something out
> of a cesspool, not a car. No rust. Lots of red clay dust (car spent
> its life in Georgia and Alabama, so there you go) and a mysterious
> milky white substance and about half gallon of water. Scott is
> right... lower fiddle, lower, fiddle, and so on. Hope putting it back
> is not a two person job!
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com <mailto:scottdaniel@turbovans.com>> wrote:
>
> Sure wish there was ..
> that vent line across the top goes over two coolant pipes and the
> parking brake cable..
> so it's always ..lower tank some, undo some things,
> low some more, undo some more things.
> Real pain that way.
>
> I have wondered though why that 1/2 inch or so plastic pipe
> joining the two outer vent ports even needs to be there.
> One of these days I'll try a tank without that pipe joining the side.
> That would help to make it more straightforward out and back in.
>
> more or less though ...no mater how you do the tank R & R it's
> just kinda a PIA .
>
> scott
> www.turbovans.com <http://www.turbovans.com>
> On 8/11/2012 7:38 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
>> My 2.1 2WD has a dirty fuel tank. So dirty, in fact, that when I pull the
>> rubber hose off of the pump, little or nothing comes out without some
>> compressed air going into the filler tube.
>>
>> The car does not have any other leaking issue. In saying that, I mean that
>> the upper pipe, hoses and seals are not being a problem.
>>
>> My question is (because I have never done this before on a vanagon) is
>> there a shortcut to pulling and replacing the tank that doesn't involve
>> dealing with all that stuff on top of the tank?
>>
>> I plan to get the tank out and in the driveway where I can use a pressure
>> washer to remove the crud. Any tips on that will be appreciated as well.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
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