Date:         Wed, 15 Feb 1995 19:10:25 -0600 (CST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         dunham@mpd.tandem.com (Jerry Dunham)
Subject:      Re: Overflow while filling the gas tank

]From vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu  Wed Feb 15 14:31:16 1995
]Date: Wed, 15 Feb 95 14:03:19 CST
]From: rachel martin <rmart@unm.edu>
]
]On Tue, 14 Feb 1995, Ervolina, Thomas R. (Tom) wrote:
]
]> I'm still getting used to my new Vanagon and am wondering if this is some
]> quirk that you all have learned to deal with.  Anyway, we were all set to
]> begin the 180 mile trip back home.  I'm standing at the pump filling the
]> tank when, like a teenager forcing down that last tequila sunrise, it
]> suddenly fills up and spits back this huge spray of gasoline that gets all
]> over my coat, shoes and gloves.  So the whole way home we get to enjoy
]> those wonderful fumes -- yuck!  Has anyone else experienced this?
]> 
]During the course of refuelling each of the Vanagons in our fleet, I've 
]found that gas spillage happens in every one of them. But in refuelling 
]about a month ago I discovered something by serendipity (I had to park 
]at an odd angle to the pump): if toward the end of refuelling I slowed down 
]the gas flow (to the first notch on automatic ones) and also turned the nozzle 
]sideways as much as possible, there was no spillage! I've done it this 
]way a few times now, and so far it's worked well.The position is a little 
]awkward, but beats having smelly shoes.
]Tom Brouillette

Thanks for the advice.  I've been fighting this one ever since I got the
Vanagon (never had it with my three bread loaves).  Usually, I listen for
the sound of the thing getting near full and try to back off so that I
can catch it just before it acts silly, but some locations are near such
noisy roads (and my aged hearing isn't what it used to be ... and never
was) that I get a fountain anyway.  I'll try turning the nozzle sideways
to see how that works.  Does it matter which way you turn it, left or
right?


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