Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:21:58 -0500
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Don't top off gas tanks
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I only had gasoline odor after filling when the seals were bad. New tank (had been smacked from below some time, but didn't have a leak), new venting system, no odors. Fill the tank up. Before, there would be an odor, which turned out to be because the vapor system AND a couple of grommets on top of the tank were leaky. mcneely
---- James <jk_eaton@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Dean,
>
> Frank Condelli found one of the two plastic vapor canisters above the front wheels was cracked this spring and he patched it, as those beasties are NLA. Haven't had the other one down to look at it.
>
> But this is not first vehicle I've had that gives gas fumes after refuelling if the tank is filled too high - have had that with other VWs, Toyotas, a Dodge, and my mother's Pontiac. Filling a gas tank to the brim just overwhelms the evaporative emissions system, which is designed to control a certain amount of vapor, not liquid.
>
> James
> Ottawa, ON
>
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:41:17 -0600
> > From: OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET
> > Subject: Re: Don't top off gas tanks
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> > James
> >
> > If all of your GasTank & ExpansionTank Seals&Grommets&ConnectingHoses are In GoodShape & DoingTheirJob Properly you ShouldNot
> >
> > get any GasFumeSmells even if you FillItToTheBrim ~ You should look into what might be leaking & get it replaced or Just Do a Complete G'T'
> >
> > Reseal ~
> >
> > ORR ~ DeanB
> >
> > On 13 Aug , 2014, at 1:09 PM, 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.
>
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David McNeely
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