Date:         Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:26:06 -0400
Reply-To:     eric.henning@US.ABB.COM
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From:         Eric Henning <eric.henning@US.ABB.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel leak
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Mark wrote

> I sprung a gas leak the other day  where the line goes through the metal
> tin from the fuel pump into the engine compartment., and thought that my
> van was going to catch fire (a good thing I pulled over in time). This is
> the second time this accured so I thought its time to replace them all.

I would also suggest dropping the gas tank and replacing all the rubber bits on
the gas tank
(some people do this w/o dropping the tank but I wanted to see what the top of
my tank looked
like, plus dropping the tank is the easy part).  The short non-pressurized hoses
 were brittle
to the touch.  I got my F.I. 7 mm hose from Bus Depot but got the un-pressurized
 hose from a FLAPS
(on my 1980 westy, the non-press. hose was smaller than the 7mm press. F.I.
hose, I think I used 6mm,
may not sound like much difference but where these non-press. hoses connect
there are no barbs and only
friction from the hose clamp holds it.  Fit seemed to loose for the 7mm).
There are three small rubber grommets, the fuel sender gasket, and the big fuel
filler grommet.  If I can
find my receipts I'll post the p/n for all the gas tank rubber.  Remember,
depending on year
the filler neck grommet is different sizes.  I got the filler neck, 3 grommets,
fuel sender gasket and
cross-over tube from the dealer.  He had them the next day and not any more
expensive than anybody else.
I also changed the tube that goes between the
two humps of the gas tank (cross-over tube?).  As I recall I used over 30
clamps.


eric.henning@us.abb.com
80 westy