Date:         Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:40:41 -0400
Reply-To:     Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
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From:         Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gas Tank Blowing Fuel Out When Filled
Comments: To: Zoltan <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
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Is this kind of part that I could make out of something else from Napa?

R

On Jul 29, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Zoltan wrote:

> I must add to this excellent report, that at least one of the
> breathing tank
> has a rubber plug on, which does fall apart and won't seal anymore.
> New one
> is sold by GoWesty.
> Zoltan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Gas Tank Blowing Fuel Out When Filled
>
>
>> I wouldn't think the expansion tanks are involved , except at the
>> lower end
>> of their hoses where they go to the tank.
>> ( but you never quite know until it's finally fixed , and these
>> vans are
>> getting old )
>>
>> I have seen or read about several cases of 'drop the tank and
>> install all
>> new grommets' and it still leaks or smells when filled.
>> Things that pop to mind that could be out of place :
>>
>> There's the 3 vent hole grommets on top of the tank..
>> there's the sender o-ring .......a twist to lock thing that
>> wouldn't be
>> too
>> hard to let the o-ring slip out of place,
>> there's the filler neck grommet on the side.
>> and there's the plastic Y fittings in the main vent tube across the
>> top of
>> the tank - those just love to break.  They get old and brittle, you
>> look
>> at
>> them funny, and they break - or they are not in place correctly.
>> perhaps
>> yours are new, but it's a hard job to do right, no matter how you
>> do it.
>> It's quite a 'curse' type car repair job.  I have a local vanagon
>> guy near
>> me who won't do them even.  He ought to do a syncro gas tank
>> sometime !
>> lol.
>>
>> One thing is for sure : "It's a blockage or leakage of fluids or
>> electrons.'
>> It *always* is.
>>
>> Scott
>> www.turbovans.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert Stewart" <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:30 PM
>> Subject: Gas Tank Blowing Fuel Out When Filled
>>
>>
>>> So I had an one of my old mechanics in NYC install the Vanagain Gas
>>> Tank Seal Kit. Either they did not do the job right or something
>>> else
>>> is wrong.
>>>
>>> Every time I fill the tank and let the gas stations pump auto shut
>>> off
>>> when filled it blows of out of the bottom near the rail that mounts
>>> the tank on the passenger side. I can see the fuel spill out and
>>> down
>>> the rail onto the floor. It's not a huge amount but it is
>>> dangerous I
>>> want to solve the problem.
>>>
>>> Could it be that they did not install one of the 3 rubber grommets
>>> properly?
>>>
>>> Or Could it be something with the expansion tanks that link to the
>>> gas
>>> tank?
>>>
>>> Looking for suggestions...
>>>
>>> The strange thing about this issue was the first time I filled up
>>> after it was just installed it did not blow out, but all fill ups
>>> after did!
>>>
>>> Strange.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated as always.
>>>
>>> Robert
>>> Bloomingburg NY
>>> 88 Wolfsburg, Silver
>>> 239,700 miles - automatic
>>> AIM: rmstewart@mac.com