Date:         Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:22:41 -0400
Reply-To:     george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Don't top off gas tanks
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T-1:  No top off.

T-3:  No top off.

G20:  Engage in one to three minute battle with gasoline pump in order to
reach full capacity.

Geo/ATL
in Walpole, MA





On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote:

> In my Syncro doka, the tank will have the pump shut off w/ about 4-5
> gallons capacity unfilled. I top it off to the same place, the top of the
> filler neck, so I get a consistent amount of gas in the tank for
> calculating mileage.
> In Maine, we don't have the vapor sealing pump handles, or highly skilled
> gas jockeys to mess up my system.
> YMMV!
>
> Mr. BZ-flame suit on!
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Roy Nicholl <rnicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
> > James,
> >
> > Too many years of driving diesel, where you burp the expansion tank (not
> > as essential as on a gasser) to get another gallon or two.
> >
> > I have now replaced the flex fuel/vent lines on the expansion tanks and
> > life is better.
> >
> >
> > On 13-Aug-2014, at 16:09, James wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Roy,
> > >
> > > If you read your owner's manual, you are NOT supposed to 'top off' the
> > tank in a Vanagon - you are to stop fueling when the pump kicks out the
> > first time, according to VW.  There's very little vertical height between
> > the top of the gas tank in our beloved vans and the evaporation control
> > tanks and gear - I asssume that's why the warning.  Certainly on our '91
> if
> > I top off the tank (only did it once) I get strong gas fumes, but if I
> stop
> > when the pump kicks out, then the fumes don't happen (except on really
> hot
> > days, if I park soon after fueling).
> > >
> > > James
> > > Ottawa, ON
> > >
> > > > Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 02:34:18 -0300
> > > > From: RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA
> > > > Subject: Fresh water tank leaking via vent.
> > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > >
> > > > All,
> > > >
> > > > I seem to recall very topic being posted to the list not that long
> > ago, but seem unable to find it searching my Vanagon folder ... I
> apologise
> > in advance for the redundancy.
> > > >
> > > > The 3.5 year old and I have been on the road for almost a week in our
> > new-to-us '88 Westfalia ... which my son has aptly and affectionately
> named
> > "The Hyena" {Sorry Don.}. Things are well mechanically thus far - the
> only
> > issue is the lines to the overflow tanks need to be replaced. I bought
> some
> > line in Calgary and will attend to it, the first chance I get. In the
> > interim, you stop filling when the pump kicks out.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Tom Buese
>