Hum... Maybe I am wrong. I thought I saw from the Bently book that the little vent hose goes from the neck of the filler to the top of the expasion tank. The tube that I suspected being too small is the gas filler tube, not the vent tube, or breather tube. Yes, I should check this vent tube first. It is highly likely that it is plugged up for some reason. And, yes the gas filler tube of my 83 westfalia is visibly bigger than that of my 84 vanagon GL. And it was the original equipment when my friend bought it in 83. I bought it from the friend 2 years ago. There is a vent tube on this car too. I have been wondering if the filler tube, being smaller, causes this choking headache for my 84 vanagon. The 83 westfalia never had this problem at all. Apparently there is no feedback so far of any 84 vanagon which suffers from exactly the same symptom. I'll check the vent tube which is most likely the cause. Thanks Joel. David
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