Hello David,

Chances are, in addition to rotten expansion tank
lines, you have a rotten crossover tube on top of the
tank, as well.  To do this job right, you really do
need to drop the tank, but the whole process will take
absolutely no more than an easy 4 hours if you havn't
done anything like this before.  It is easy, and you
can get all the parts necessary from any of the
vendors.  When pulling off the visible braided hose,
it is best to gently cut them off the plastic nips on
the expansion tank jugs, rather than simply pull them
off.

Ken Wilfey has a write-up of this procedure, as well
as all the parts, on his vanagain.com site.

Good luck, and this is one of the excellent and easy
repairs to make on your van...

-Damon

--- David Rose <DavidRose@RCN.COM> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a 1987 Vanagon camper.  The hoses on the
> expansion tank are rotting
> out.  Gas spills out if I do a fill.  I called a
> local dealer and the parts
> guy was not even able to tell me the diameter of the
> hoses. I called several
> online parts places and nobody could tell me
> anything about the hoses or
> what is involved in replacing them.
>
> I have a few questions...
> How much of a pain is this to fix?
> Do I have to pull the gas tank to replace all of the
> hoses?
> What type of hoses do I use? (looks like I will not
> be get at all of them if
> I use the type that needs a clamp)
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> David Rose
>

=====
'84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX (well... it was worth a shot.  And now it is.)
Vancouver, BC

__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail