Greetings, I concur. I battled this problem (water in gas) for a year before finding the bad grommets. A belt-and-suspender fix, IMHO, would be wheel arch liners. If VW had included them we probably would not be plagued with so much seam rust. Sincerely, Ken Lewis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Neil N Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 2:11 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Fuel What did the debris consist of? I'm sure you checked for this but I know from experience that a failing or failed grommet at the valve on fuel expansion tank(s) can allow water and debris in. How much of it passes into the fuel tank, I don't know. Neil.
On 10/18/16, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > I have been plagued with a number of new tanks that are somehow > contaminated causing the screens to get clogged up. For one customer I > went through 3 tanks and destroyed 6 pumps.
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