My did the same thing...I haven't trouble shooted it yet ...I figured the
regulator diaphram is shot.
Wild WIld Westy
Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, February 03, 2000 9:20 AM
Subject: propane leak or overfill?

>hey ya'll
>yesterday i went to get my propane tanke for my 82 westy filled so i can
run
>the stove.  the tank may have been full already and propane that was in it
>may have been frozen(?) because as soon as the attendant put the connection
>on my tank it took roughly 6-10 seconds before gas came out of the overfill
>valve(?) (to the right of the on/off valve) indicating that it was full.
>well, when i got home and turned on the gas and actually  began to use the
>stove and fridge, i went out of the van and noticed that the gas was
spewing
>heavily from the regualtor box(?), to the left of the on/off valve,  it was
>coming out of this knobby looking thing with a square shaped pin hole in it
>which appears to be some sort of a vent.  when i turned off the gas, the
>leak stopped.  when i turned it back on, it leaked again but not as
heavily.
>  thinking that maybe it was way overfilled i left the valve open (in a
safe
>area of course) and let it leak hoping that it would subside.  well after
>about twenty minutes it was still leaking.  does this mean that the
>regulator, or whatever that box is, is shot or is it just way overfilled
and
>needs to bleed for a while?  if it is shot, where do i get another and how
>easy is it to replace?
>thanks in advance for the input
>jason
>82 westy
>90 gl
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