Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:43:43 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
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One thing about the Vanagon fuel system, if there is a place that fuel can
leak out near the top of the tank, then rain water and road dirt can also
get in. The reward will be the tank rusting out and also ruined fuel pumps
and possibly the injectors. It may take years but at some point you will
need the tow home or if far from home you'll get to pay a shop to do the
work.
Good maintenance would include periodically testing the fuel tank and vapor
recovery system to make sure it is working which includes the system being
closed when the engine is not running. A telltale sign of a good system is
occasionally hearing air escape when the fuel cap is opened.
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Art
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:59 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
I had a similar issue on my '86. I did fix the brunt of the problem, but it
still happens on some of the pumps. I suppose I'm a bit less ambitious than
some. When filling the tank, when I know intuitively that it is almost
filled, I slow the flow and listen. You can hear the sound of the fill
change easily as it approaches the filler, and simply click off. I admit
this is the lazy guy solution...but it works.
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:52 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
> I have actually toyed with the idea of cutting a hole or holes
> in the depression & then having a piece of similar sheet metal welded
> on to cover the whole depressed area which would also produce more
> tank capacity ~ maybe someday
>
>
> ORR ~ DeanB
>
>
>
> On 11 Mar , 2013, at 12:36 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>
> So, is there any good reason why some after market entrepreneur has
>> not developed a tank without the depression down the middle that
>> would not need the crossover system? Just wonderin'. mcneely
>>
>> ---- Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
>>
>>> Good explanation here: http://www.gowesty.com/**
>>> library_article.php?id=317<http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.ph
>>> p?id=317>
>>>
>>> Rich
>>> San Diego
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 3/11/13, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
>>> Subject: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Date: Monday, March 11, 2013, 10:51 AM
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>> --
>> David McNeely
>>
>
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