Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:40:30 -0600
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From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
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There are several tubes that go into the top of the GasTank & they
all use RubberGrommets as seals ~ those Grommets get old & dry &
cracked on the outside & can actually turn to mush on the inside ~
they need to be replaced ~ Also there is a CrossOverVentTube which
goes from HighPoint to HighPoint across the top of the tank & the
plastic pieces that connect it into the tank can&do break which can
actually produce a major GasolineFlood under your Van if the tank is
ToppedOff ~ I have had that happen 3Times-2or3Diff' Vans ~ The 1st
time this happened it was on my 76 or 83.5 (don't remember) I found
that the high point of the crossover was clamped to the underside of
the body which I deemed a bad idea as it can not move with the tank if
the tank gets jostled around due to rough road travel ~ When I bought
my '90Westy the PO warned me that I'd end up with Gas on the ground if
I filled the tank & I told him that I was pretty sure that I knew why
& would fix it as soon as I got back to ABQ, as I knew that I had a
spare C'O'P' in the back of my '83.5 ~ As there was 400mi of hi'way
'tween me & home I headed off to the GasStation in my newly acquired
90Westy & promptly proceeded to "FillErUp" ~ BIG OOPs ~ lots of gas on
the ground.
ORR ~ DeanB
On 11 Mar , 2013, at 11:51 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
> I know this may be somewhere in the archives. I have never found
> the
> archives useable, so I am just List-asking straight out...
>
> My 84 has always had a slight gas odor after filling to the
> top...and
> not just from the usual 'spitting-up' that frequently seems to
> happen when
> you use the gas pump's auto shut-off feature... I've just been
> 'living
> with it' forever, thinking it was not so big a deal, but I recently
> noticed, after filling up, there was actually a small pool of gasoline
> under my van, and more still dripping out....Dunno whether this has
> been
> going on all along and I just noticed, or maybe the leak/overflow
> problem
> is getting worse....but not that I've seen this, I want to take care
> of the
> problem...
>
> Can someone point me to the fix for this problem, which I assume is
> frequent with our older vans, rotting hoses, etc...Thanks
> Don Hanson
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