At 02:50 PM 10/18/2002, Gordy Jones wrote:
>So I guess I don't have much experience with propane. When you turn the
>knob underneath the van, should there be a slight hissing or not?

Not.

>  the smell of the propane is pretty apparent when I loosen the knob.

Hint: it's a leak.

>  I had originally thought that i had a leak but when i went to fill up
> the tank, the guy said that it was completely full and that he could not
> fit any more in there at all.

It doesn't take much of a leak (fortunately) to make a stink.  Use a
soap-bubble mixture to find it and replace (or possibly adjust, if it's
valve-stem packing?) the indicated part.

david

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