

| Subject: | Re: Leaking Gas Tank |
| From: | Stan Wilder |
| Date: | Mon, 27 May 2002 18:46:49 -0500 |
local shop to get some work done ------------------ I'd take it back to those nice guys at the local shop and let them work through the Bentley to get it right. With me it would be a matter of revenge for all the trouble they put me through. Turn about fair play and so forth. Stan Wilder On Mon, 27 May 2002 19:23:25 -0400 "Russell, William" <william.russell@UW-INC.COM> writes: > So, while my baby (van) sat waiting for me to come and pick it up in > Vancouver, I decided to have my brother drop it off at a local shop > to > get some work done. I don't have the name with me right now but I > will > send it to everyone later as I would NOT recommend that anyone use > this > shop. I needed a new gas tank so I asked them to replace it. > Unfortunately, I was not aware of the genuine vs. knock-off argument > for > tanks and the shop decided I didn't need to make that decision and > installed a knock-off. That's fine. I can deal with that. They > replaced it and put $10 of gas in it. Thanks. Unfortunately, the > next > time I filled it up (and tried squeezing every drop that I could > into > the tank) I gave the gas attendants a heart attack. My baby was > peeing > gasoline out as quickly as I was putting it in. Upon inspection I > realized that there were hoses missing that connect the tank to the > overflow reservoir on the driver's side. (nice job) I immediately > returned to the shop quite pissed off and they quickly threw on a > couple > pieces of hose. > > > > I thought it was fixed and headed off across the country. > Unfortunately, at the next fill up I realized that now instead of > peeing > gas in a nice even stream, it was just gushing from the bottom front > of > the tank. The tank itself does not seem to be leaking, it's got to > be > somewhere in the lines. > > > > I looked at Bently and I notice that there is a line that connected > the > overflow escape on the top/front/right hand side of the tank to the > overflow on the top/front/left hand side of the tank. I suspect > that > piece is missing. Does anyone have any other ideas? If not, do I > need > to remove the tank in order to replace that piece? :( > > > > \/\/i!!y > > 1980 Westy "Jazzy" > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
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