My 85 GL has always like to spill out gas when I fill it up.  I don't know
why it does it, but I just watch the pump and fill more slowly when it
starts to get filled up. It has never spilled out gallons, but it splashes a
bit out if I leave the gas pump on fully till it shuts off by itself.
Kim

Hello, I'm new to the list and new to Vanagons...  Being a lifelong
>air-cooled guy I have a few things to learn.  I recently experienced major
>fuel spillage when fueling my Vanagon.  It seems that when the tank got
>full
>and "burped", kicking the pump off, a couple (?) of  gallons of gas spilled
>on the ground underneath the fuel tank.  I looked under the van and the
>fuel
>appeared to be coming from above the tank...anybody experience this?  Any
>ideas before I pull the tank and begin diagnosis the hard way?

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