Thanks Stuart. Yes. Of course. I agree. (how could I not? ;^) ) I see that van-cafe has the tanks and had (have) full intention to buy there or locally. I've installed a new grommet and valve on other tank. Capping the 3 hoses in place of the driver side tank is purely a temporary measure. Bravo to Heritage VW for bringing these parts back! Neil. On 3/10/14, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > It's best to restore this system to OEM specs, which means replacement of > the tanks and/or components with new ones. All the components are available > from our vendors, though not cheap. You might be able to find some good > used ones. > > The check valve is to prevent fuel from back-flowing to the canister and > engine if you are ever upside down in a ditch. It and a tight grommet are > safety devices best kept functional. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Neil N > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 1:13 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Fuel Expansion Tank: Cracks, Grommet. PICS > > ......and since I applied Goop to exterior, it > might be ok for limited exposure to gasoline but who knows? -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group: |
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