my friends 21 window caught fire from a loose or cracked hose off the fuel filter dripped on the
distro BTW you can always keep this and bring it back to life :), tooo bad i moved out of san jose
because i would have picked this up. * sorry to hear this *

take care
Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Potts <Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Sent: Apr 8, 2004 12:12 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: westfalia self-immolation (free '71 van?)

Hi Ben,

Another common problem are the gast tank breather lines. . Most of the
breather lines are steel but they are connected with rubber and that is
where they leak, but only when the tank is full. To make matters worse,
there's a connector behind the spare tire well where no-one would
normally think to look.

There's a very good diagram of these lines on Richard Atwell's website:
http://homepage.mac.com/ratwell/.Pictures/FuelHose/09-
FuelBreatherHoses.jpg

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
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On 8-Apr-04, at 2:47 PM, Ben T wrote:

> Very sorry to hear of your loss. A common reason that Type 1 VW engines
> catches on fire the fuel line sitting on top of the generator. Spark
> near fuel is
> never as good thing to have. A simple thing such as a missing
> generator access
> panel cover or a missing hose clamp from the fuel filter is sure
> trouble.
>
> BenT
> SF
>
>