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From: debbwa@EARTHLINK.NET
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: RE: gas overflow
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:09:01 -0400

>Hi guys,
>
>Searched the archives about a gos overflow problem (spilling across
>the
>whole back side of the tank when I filled up tonight) and learned
>that it is
>likely that the grommets have to be replaced, and that it a job that
>needs
>to be done "blind" if I'm not gonna drop the tank.  Can someone tell
>me what
>I am looking at (no pun intended)?  Do the expansion tank hoses
>simply
>insert into the grommets, or over a nipple on the grommets, or what?
> How
>many grommets are there that I should replace?
>
>I don't have a Bently (asked for one for Christmas), and the repair
>manual I
>do have doesn't discuss the tank at all.
>
>Thanks,
>
>deb
>'85 Westy "Gypsy"
>
Hi Deb,
I have just done this job on mine.  And it was not the grommet.  It
was one of the plactic pipes that fit into the grommet...
So, I had to take the tank out and change the cross-over pipe, $40,
and replace the whole thing.  One day job for me.  It is not a big
deal at the workshop but still can take 2-3 hours.
Zoltan