Hi John,

At this point my dad keeps a half-case of fuel line de-icer in the
westy. We add a couple bottles whenever the engine starts running
poorly and it soon clears up.

We are considering adding a marine water/fuel separator upstream of
the fuel filter, but I don't think that it will help much when the
temp is below freezing.

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
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 29-Jan-06, at 8:40 PM, John Rodgers wrote:

> The addition of some HEET to the fuel might help this situation a
> bit by
> absorbing the water so it can go out through the engine as burned
> fuel.
> Heet is methanol alcohol and will burn clean.Used it all the time in
> Alaska to prevent ice crystals from forming in the fuel system and
> clogging the filter.
>
> John Rdogers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> John Carpenter wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 1/29/2006 3:18:21 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>> Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA writes:
>>
>> Hi  Volks,
>>
>> My parent's 1985 westy has been suffering lately from no-starts  and
>> poor running. This has been ongoing since the fall, and  it's
>> definitely weather related.
>>
>> We have the problem isolated to the  fuel system. There's water
>> getting into the tank somehow. Dad had the tank  replaced with a new
>> tank a few months back but the problem is still with  us.  When it's
>> cold out the water freezes and the van won't start.  When it's warm
>> out the van runs OK most of the time but will stutter and  bog after
>> any encounter with water on the road. Since it's been a mild  winter
>> in Toronto this year we're finding a lot of  problems.
>>
>> Suggestions on where to look for where the water's coming in
>> would be
>> welcome.
>>
>>
>> Happy trails,
>>
>> Greg Potts
>> Toronto,  Ontario, Canada
>>
>>
>> Hi Greg,
>> I just bought a gas tank kit
>> from Ken @ Vanagain, in NJ.
>> for my 85 Westy.
>> Vanagain.com
>> Part # gastankkit1
>> I paid like $104.75 W/shipping
>> @ it has all of the seals, o-rings, hose etc.
>> List; does this have everything to renew the gas  tank?
>> (other than the tank(s) themselves?)
>> best,
>> John C.
>> SLC, UT...
>>
>>
>>
>>
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