----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wed 07 April 2004 17:06
Subject: Re: more vanagon smells - gasoline this time

> You have an air cooled van don't you?  If so I have the exact reason.
> You have a leak, on top of the tank.  The leak soaks the tube that blows
> heat into the van. Thats where it is coming from. Fix the leak in the
> tank, and before you install wrap the heater tube with plastic to prevent
> this from happening again.
>
>             Eric                   86-VW4x4
>             vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
>             Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>                                    92-Jetta GWC
>             www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm
>
> On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Joy Hecht wrote:
>
> > I've got a new smell question.
> >
> > Every time I fill my gas tank, the inside of my van smells horribly of
> > gasoline for about ten minutes, till it airs out.  I'm not spilling
> > gasoline, I'm not getting it on my hands or my car keys or anyplace
else.
> > It doesn't matter whether I leave the van doors open or closed while I'm
> > pumping.  The gas station doesn't reek of gasoline - though I have
noticed
> > that in this part of the world they don't have those things on the pumps
> > that prevent fumes from going into the air.
> >
> > Suggestions?  Explanations?
> >
> > Joy, now with Matilda on the Outer Banks of North Carolina

Joy has a 1989 Vanagon, so it would be water-cooled.  But it still is
probably the vent hoses on the top of the gas tank leaking...

Don in Phoenix