Spencer,

You can replace the crossover vent line (the one with the Y joints) fairly
easily if you
        1.  put the new vent line hoses on it first (a bit longer than needed
        2.  tie a long string to the old one before you pull it out (the strong is
to pull the new on into place)

The whole process took me about 20 minutes.

Jere
90 GL
88 GL

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Blake Thornton
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 2:44 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 85 westy pool of gas under fr weelwells

Can you see the leak, its a little bit confusing from your description,
but my guess is that the "Y" joints on top of the tank are broken.  I
think there is a diagram in the bentley, but the hoses that go to the
expansion tanks comes from these Y joints, one on each side of the tank.

The good news is that it is not too bad to fix.  Just go buy the part from
the deal (~$30?) and buy a couple of the grommets too.  Then, struggle
like hell for an hour or two trying to feed it through the wheel wells.
Its a bit of a pain, but doable.

Blake

On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Spencer Allen wrote:

> I've pickled my 85 Westy for the winter but think I may have some work to
do
> next spring. The problem is with my last 3-4 fill ups there was gas
leaking
> at the expansion tanks on both sides. Seems to be right at the hose to
tank
> connection. This use to happen only on the side closest to the fill tube
now
> both leak more than just a little. There was some earlier posts about a
check
> vale of some sort. Any one have a fix for this? BTW why are there two of
> these tanks? Thanks all
> Spencer
> 85 Westy
>