Date:         Mon, 21 Sep 1998 18:17:09 -0600
Reply-To:     BILL <billv2@PRODIGY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         BILL <billv2@PRODIGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: WHY? Engine fire totals my 81 Westy
Comments: To: RMinCal@AOL.COM, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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It should be written in the owners manual of ALL Vanagons, that, the fuel
lines MUST be replaced every 6-8 years!!!!!!!!!!!!

So it is written....So shell it be done!


Bill
'85 GL [*Magic*Bus*]
'82 Westy [FreeBird] ...Cause I'm as free as a bird now...
Big Sky Country                                 ---Ronnie Van Zant

>List -
>I was the proud owner of an 81 air-cooled Westy - for about 8 hours.  It
>caught on fire on its maiden voyage and was destoyed. We had a fire expert
>look at it, and he says it was probably a fuel injection hose failure,
>although I'm not sure he knows VWs well.  Can someone tell me:
>1.  Are engine fires in Westy's common? If so, is there any database or
source
>of info regarding causes, etc.
>2. Are there known problems with fuel system hoses, components?
>3. I've heard that there also may be known probs with the fuel supply lines
>and fuel tank. Thanks ... and don't leave home without your fire
extinquisher.
>Mike J.