MDB, I don't know what the solution to your problem is, but my advice is to not go anywhere until you have the gas leak fixed. I've read many stories on this site about vanagons burning to a crisp due to leaking fuel hoses. My suggestion is to get it fixed NOW! Bill 90 Westy Syncro Lake Tahoe ---------- > From: Mm Bitner <Iaonbb@AOL.COM> > To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM > Subject: fuel leak, need advice fast!!! > Date: Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:31 AM > > Just topped off the tank for a big trip to Jackson Hole, WY, leaving in a > couple of hours.(4' fresh snow this week!!!) Climbing back into drivers seat > of my '80 Westy I smelled and noticed gas dripping from 2 small cloth braided > lines just below a small white plastic resevoir of some kind, tucked under the > drivers wheel well. Wondering if this is an overflow tank? Have noticed gas > dripping from under passenger wheel well before when overfilled w/ gas, but > never on the drivers side. Other than the obvious is this a major issue, or > something I can fix when I get back? Still dripping ten minutes after I got > home from the station, unsure if and when it will stop??? > Any advice gratefully appreciated!!! > TIA > MDB > '80 Adventure-Westy |
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