Thanks to everyone for the helpful replies.  Friday morning, after I recover
from the Calexico concert and following festivities, I will install a
working fuel pump and a new canister style filter.  The van will start, idle
and run.  I will then order a gas tank gasket/line repair kit and fix the
fuel leak.

No whammy, no whammmy, noo whammmmmy!   -John

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&gt;From: Pete Moore &lt;Pete952@AOL.COM&gt;
&gt;Reply-To: Pete952@AOL.COM
&gt;To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
&gt;Subject: Re: Ran out of gas &amp; now won't run
&gt;Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:41:03 EDT
&gt;
&gt;Here's another one.  The tank was bone dry when I added $20 of  gas.
The
&gt; &gt;tank only took $18.50  (~9 gallons) and then  proceeded to leak.  ?
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;Any help would be great.   -John
&gt; &gt;
&gt;
&gt;
&gt;'80 Westy - bought a few years ago. The fuel leak when filling, in our
case,
&gt;was the gasket (filler pipe to tank) when topping off - don't top off
til
&gt;it's fixed! Our's round tripped CA to CO, mid OR and 1/2 way  down Baja
with
&gt;that problem - but it has a new gasket now - thanks to the  BusDepot -
they're
&gt;not that easy to find on the west coast. I read some other  good advice
you've
&gt;gotten on fuel lines but the gasket was our  problem.
&gt;
&gt;The spirit of the list seems to be helping others with knowledge gained
&gt;through VW experiences - some know exponentially more than others - it's
a  matter
&gt;of asking, sharing and (hopefully) having fun doing it!
&gt;
&gt;Pete

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