Markus - 

Roger makes a good point that if you are running on your original fuel lines
- 

You should definitely put replacement of all of them on your list.

Aside from the lines however � on that side of the engine -

You have a metal T pipe by the distributor that may be the problem -

Or another place to look [ farther away] is your left fuel distributor rail.

They are plastic on the later models and can get brittle.

Definitely retighten your screw clamps.  Factory non adjustable clamps are
better

At the cold weather/ shrinking/ not coming loose later thing...[ you can get
them from the dealer ]

� but are not fun to put on.

And the plastic firewall hose junction should be on your list � replace or
reroute around it.

Tom
90 westy
Rochester, ny

From: Roger Van Till <rvantill@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Reply-To: Roger Van Till <rvantill@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 16:44:41 -0500
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Conversation: Gasoline Leak! (and poll)
Subject: Re: Gasoline Leak! (and poll)

Assume that it's all of your fuel lines and replace them all. Then in a
year, retighten all of the clamps. Mine loosened up and started leaking
again. 

Roger Van Till 
'89 Westy "The Moose Lounge"
'86 GL "Sugaree" 
'81 L "CoJack" 
www.busesbythebeach.com
http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/rainfly.htm

On Dec 5, 2005, at 12:56 PM, Markus Mumper wrote:

> We took our '87 Westy (The Girl) and dogs on a very short (thankfully)
> drive 
> to the beach on Sunday.
> 
> After coming home and backing her into her parking space I noticed a
> line of 
> about twenty drips leading to the rear of the vehicle - they smelled
> like 
> gasoline. 
> 
> I looked under her and found a drop of gasline waiting to drip off of
> the oil 
> filter - this was the only wet spot I found. As it was getting dark
> and I work 
> during the week I cannot investigate any further until this coming
> week end. 
> 
> I think I've lucked out. Would the List like to participate in a poll
> on where 
> this leak is likely originating from?
> 
> Thanks............., Maggie and Markus and The Girl.
>