Thanks for the reality check - is it hard to drop the
tank?
--- Phil Marston <pmarston@INSTECH.CO.UK> wrote:
> > Re.Spillage when filling the gas.
> >
> > Update from the local VW mechanic (Bela's in
> Burbank,
> > Calif - had honest experiences with this guy btw)
> ---
> > he says his also spills gas if he fills it all the
> way
> > up - that the vent hoses are going bad...he quoted
> > $150 to drop the tank and replace them with new
> nylon
> > hoses, but said there is really no need -just
> don't
> "top" off the tank - fill it 3/4 full and no
> problems
> > with spill over, and is safe and fine 2 drive...i
> > concur...
>
> Just be sure your tank hasn't rusted through at the
> top.
> I had the same problem, dropping the tank showed
> that the P.O. had bodged a
> fibreglass repair (which had split) and about 1/4 of
> the fuel tank was open
> the the air.
> I reckon if I had put the van on its side the entire
> tank would have emptied
> itself in about 30 seconds which probably wouldn't
> be a good thing.
> A new tank solved the problem.
>
> Philm
> Type 25

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