Are you guys opening the vent fitting? Your tank should never take 2.95
gallons, unless they are ripping you off. My tank just ran out last week
and I had it filled.  I watched the guy do it.  He filled it until liquid
came out the vent fitting.  2.3 gallons is all it will take to fill
correctly.  Sounds like you were over-filled or just over-charged.  It is
only a 3 gallon tank.  75-80% full is about 2.3 gallons.

                                                                  Jay

"G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on
08/12/2002 09:14:05 AM

Please respond to "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>

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Subject:    Re: propane filling problem

Did they start with a vacuum on the tank or with air/atmospheric
pressure in the tank?

After having our tank rebuilt (sandblasted/coated, etc.) the propane co.
pulled a vacuum on it for 15 minutes or so to remove air, and any
moisture in the system. It took 2.95 gallons to fill the first time.

Developing business and guiding change since 1996,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Lee Kouns
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 11:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: propane filling problem

Hi everyone,
We just bought our second Westy (87), but are having a problem filling
the propane tank. After filling it to 1.5 gallons, we found propane
venting through a little hole in the bottom of the port for filling our
tank. My guess is that the auto-stop mechanism was not working
correctly.  A similar venting has sometimes occurred on our 88. I
welcome your thoughts on the cause of the problem, as well as how to
prevent it in the future, and how to stop the venting once it begins.
Thanks in advance!
Lee Kouns
87 & 88 Westys