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• Re: Black Vapor and Rattle
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 8 Nov 2014 08:15:21 -0500
  Are you sure that it's pressure in the tank and not vacuum? The tank should vent thru the charcoal canaster. Larry A. > > Sent...
• Re: Fuel Line size question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:28:02 -0600
  ...Jim On Feb 21, 2005, at 12:32 PM, The Shaws wrote: > I removed my fuel tank yesterday and found some of the ventilation...
• Sorces for grey water tanks, roof vents, etc
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 10:25:06 -0500
  ...powered roof vents, (all one piece) and special battery charging equipment,etc. Camping World sell really nice chairs, awnings, water tank chemicals etc. Prices...
• fuel tank vent lines
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:37:12 -0400
  any body replace the fuel lines to the overflow tanks without removing the tank. I have leaking lines but nothing else. any recommendation for...
• Re: Cold Temps Cause Gas Tank Seal Leak?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 16:00:28 -0800
  ...O ring and/or metal vent pipe O > ring at > tank to shrink and leak? > > I repositioned that vent pipe this Summer, but it...
• Need passenger side vent/evaporation tank for '86
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:57:08 -0700
  Hi all, This weekend I had the pleasure of swapping out hoses for vent lines to/from the fuel tank. So dropping the tank...
• Gas tank install driving me nuts!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:19:02 -0700
  OK, got everything I need (tank, grommets/vent hose, sender) and dropped the old tank. However, I did not remove the gas filler neck...
• Re: Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:19:31 -0500
  ...When the tank is filled, it not vented through the carbon canister. The actual vent is through the filler and the vapor recovery nozzles...
• Re: Last air cooled model?
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 18:20:21 -0800
  ...My supposed 81 Westy has plastic vents, but still the full width rear seat, propane tank in the cabinet, and no stove. Is it...
• Re: mystery hose (FUEL TANK)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Feb 1997 19:41:13 +0000
  Jim wanted to know, I think everyone could use the advice. (clamps on fuel tank vent lines) > clamps, expecting a "simple job", and then...
• Re: [vanagon] whats this water tank from??
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:06:08 GMT
  ...Fair price for a decent water tank. Maybe I should get it, and re-mount a filler and vent! John
• Re: propane filling problem
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:03:46 -0400
  ...propane filling problem Are you guys opening the vent fitting? Your tank should never take 2.95 gallons, unless they are ripping you off...
• Re: testing westy prop tank w/o propane?
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:57:42 -0700
  ...the�ones with the "horizontal" vent from out perspective, say they are for verticle tanks, Whether�the horizontal vent helped damage it when it...
• Fuel expansion/vapor return system
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 13:33:15 -0700
  Has anybody successfully re-engineered that mess to eliminate the tanks? I guess I get the idea behind the crossover venting to accommodate the...
• Re: Gas Venting Problem?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:19:32 -0700
  Sounds like you may have issues with failing gas tank seals and/or flexible portions of venting lines. The seals on the gas tank...
• Re: Fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 01:23:04 EST
  ...bought it ,it turned out to be the vent house that go to the plastic tanks that are inside each front wheelwell.there are...
• Re: Fitting dual tanks (propane)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:38:15 -0400
  ...If the happens to one, the gas will also flow from the other tank and through the vent that failed. The change over regulator...
• Fwd: Re: 86 GL - Gas Tank Problem
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 22 Oct 1996 06:56:17 -0500
  ...There is one vent, or expansion, tank on each side of the vehicle. Each iof these tanks is accessible, by hand, from the wheel...
• vented gas cap...
  Historical mailing list - John Gladu
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:56:27 -0500
  One of the viable suggestions that I received for a temporary cure to the suction killing my gas tank was to install a vented...
• Re: SA fuel tanks
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:08:06 -0600
  How does one get in touch with Leon Korkin? John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Pensioner wrote: > For auxiliary transfer fuel tanks, Leon Korkin has...
• Re: Vanagon 2WD fuel tank R & R
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 06:46:39 -0500
  ...I think I attached new vent line hose for the expansion tank before I pulled the new one across the tank. You will need...
• Syncro Leaky gas tank? drop the tranny?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 13 May 2002 12:16:27 -0700
  ok, the upper right air vent on my syncro gas tank leaks. Crap. Can this be fixed w/o dropping the tranny and the...
• Fuel tank leaks -Reply
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 14:37:26 -0600
  ...Usually while on your back wrestling the >tank out and looking up. (wear goggles) > >I also replaced the cloth covered hoses to the vent...
• Propane Filling
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 05 Jun 1996 17:24:15 -0600
  ...6) If it is even remotely possible that the receipient tank could be completely filled by the donor tank, the "80% vent" on the...
• Gas Tank Vent Pipe: The wrong way.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:44:18 -0800
  ...My smiling mug and newb ignorance for the world to see! Pic of metal vent pipe between gas tank to filler pipe positioned incorrectly...
• Re: At long last protype waterbox bleeding, draining and purging installed and operating
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:55:51 PDT
  ...If the temp is already up >just crack the cap on the expansion >tank and that water will vent ... As >soon as that happens...
• Looking for Flue Vent assembly
  Historical mailing list - Rod Knutson
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:51:57 -0700
  ...Looking for a flue vent assembly. One of the previous owners of my "new" 1985 Westy removed fridge and water tank to improve storage...
• Re: More Propane Capacity
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:02:58 -0500
  ...In Europe, it is permitted to carry the propane tank inside the van but with open venting to the outdoors through the bottom of...
• Re: Leaking Gas Tank and Oil Leaks
  Historical mailing list - s2
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:16:59 -0800
  ...If I fill >that the tank all the way, I end up loosing a quarter tank of gas. > Could be the vent fixtures on...
• Re: Last air cooled model?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 19:14:26 -0600
  ...steel vents > >> > > in the body panel. > >> > > >> > > >> > My supposed 81 Westy has plastic vents, but still the full > width > >> > rear seat, propane tank in the...
• Re: propane filling problem
  Historical mailing list - Ron McLean
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 07:33:54 -0700
  ...propane filling problem > > Are you guys opening the vent fitting? Your tank > should never take 2.95 > gallons, unless they are ripping you off...
• Re: Fuel tank ??
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 22:54:27 -0500
  ...Lines to vent tanks under >front doors were replaced 2 years ago. Gasoline smell appears to be >coming in front air vents. > >John Lauterbach...
• Re: advice on new propane tank
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 24 Mar 2017 23:39:23 -0400
  ...propane in the tank, hot temps can cause the propane pressure to rise to a point where the over-pressure vent will open and...
• Re: I'm fixing a hole [in the fresh water tank]
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:56:06 -0700
  ...Hole in Water Tank Mike, IIRC there is a vent and hose from it that goes back up to the filler so that when...
• Problems that need solutions...
  Historical mailing list - J.T. & Kathy Walsh
  Sat, 31 May 1997 22:00:06 -0500
  ...There is a vent valve on top of the tank and a charcoal filter that might be the cause. If the problem is in...
• Re: gas tank leak check
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:35:52 -0400
  ...the gas tank and vents etc. > -leak checking, found a hole in one of the pipe nipples on a new vent > tank. > -trying a...
• Re: [WetWesties] Pain in the Propane
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 19:56:45 -0700
  ...He overfilled the tank so that nothing would work till I vented out a quart or so. Karl Wolz | |But you need to get...
• Re: Splashing gas during fill-up
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Tue, 20 May 1997 13:11:40 -0400
  ...Is there a > trick to this or is my gas tank ventilation system bad? > > Thanks, > > -Karl > > Karl F. Bloss - blosskf@ttown.apci.com > '87...
• Re: Filling the water tank
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:38:43 -0400
  Sounds as though the vent hose isn't connected. Yrs, d On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 5:31 PM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Gas Tank Hoses
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:00:02 -0500
  ...axes for the expansion and venting) the expansion/vent system has connections at all four corners of the tank, and the regurgitation system is...
• Re: syncro transmission vent ?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 21:00:14 -0700
  Lawrence Johnson wrote: > > I can't find the vent hose on the transmission. In the Bentley page > 35.105 I found where it should...
• Advice on Bay Window Bus gas tank venting system
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:59:10 -0500
  ...One of the things I want to replace is the gas tank venting system. The lines are steel with some type of check valve...
• Re: Splashing gas during fill-up
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Tue, 20 May 1997 13:51:52 -0400
  ...Is there a > > trick to this or is my gas tank ventilation system bad? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Karl > > > > Karl F. Bloss - blosskf@ttown.apci.com > > '87...
• Re: fuel tank vent lines
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:15:52 -0500
  Get the kit, drop the tank, have done with it. Best way. BTDT. John On 10/16/2012 10:37 AM, Mike Riley wrote...
• Re: Fuel tank leaks -Reply
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 15:34:04 -0700
  ...Usually while on your back wrestling the > >tank out and looking up. (wear goggles) > > > >I also replaced the cloth covered hoses to the vent...
• Re: [WetWesties] Pain in the Propane
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 21:37:37 -0400
  ...Pushing the button resets the valve to accept liquid into the tank. Opening the vent valve on the side of the tank vents gas...
• Re: Fuel Tank Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:10:43 -0700
  ...Fuel Tank Weirdness > > Keith, > > No charcoal cannisters should vent to the atmoshpere (that is bad). > They > should always be recirculated back into the intake...
• Re: Gas tank install driving me nuts!!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mitchum
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:01:55 -0700
  ...Gas tank install driving me nuts!! > > OK, got everything I need (tank, grommets/vent hose, sender) and > dropped the old tank. > > However, I did...
• Re: Keep me from blowing myself up!
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sat, 9 Nov 1996 00:32:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...Here in PGH> PA, the filling stations have on way of recovering it! WE vent a lot of leaky tank in the air. Eric
• Re: Propane Tank Label
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jul 1995 23:48:51 -0400
  ...Would like that with crushed or pane glass, maybe with a vent wing rubber seal on the side :)))) Jim BusBoys@aol.com
• 82 Vanagon Gas Tank Seal/Installation Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 01:51:17 -0400
  ...Anyone know what VW originally used? When I pulled the caps to the vent tanks, I noticed a tar like substance around the cap...
• Re: Propane Tank. Shut Off Valve Won't Close?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:04:31 -0700
  I'd assumed that a propane shop would transfer the fuel to another tank, were that even possible. Maybe they too just vent gas...
• Re: Vanagon choking when feeding gas
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 22:21:48 CDT
  ...ALL of the filler tubes have the little vent tube (which all go to the same place in the top of the tank). the...
• Re: So what is the gas tank problem?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:49:22 -0800
  ...At 01:24 PM 3/11/2006 -0500, carboncow wrote: >So what is the common gas tank venting issue many make reference too as...
• Re: 1985 1.9 Hesitation at higher RPM (kind of long)
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:27:56 -0600
  ...Had to by bass the Pass side expansion tank (because it was broken) - so > tank is venting only to the driver's side expansion...
• Re: fuel tank update
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:40:29 +0000
  ...I have a write up on the tank dropping and replacement of vent lines that I can share by P-Mail. It was done...
• Puzzling water drip
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:56:42 -0800
  <<How do you get the tank to fill rapidly, even with a rapid flow rate? I have to keep the flow rate very low...
• Re: fuel tank vent lines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:50:43 -0700
  ...the tank. > > > > Clamps are not needed, the hoses are a tight fit and the tank is not under > pressure since it is vented though...
• Re: Disadvantages of syncros AND syncro question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 03:08:25 EST
  ...EST, Modl6971@AOL.COM writes: > << > >Weird gas tank; Very difficult to get full. Doesn't vent very well. > > I noticed this one when I...
• Re: Venting With Propane Heater
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:27:22 -0500
  I run a hose in from a bulk tank outside the driver's door in through the vent window to my Buddy heater. I...