Actually, that crease in top of the tank is a left over feature from the
air cooled days. It was there for the heater duct.
Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Robert Smythe
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:56 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: gas tank

I once got ~17.8 mpg coming from Jalama beach in SB county CA, and ran
on
fumes Im sure between Gaviota and Goleta (thanks again maps.google.com
for
helping me keep them in the proper order) and by the time I got to fill
up I
am sure it was damn close to 16 gallons. Since I have an AT with worse
mileage, shouldnt I be entitiled to a gas tank w/o the shifter linkage
crease in the top?  Im sure thats a gallon or 2 lost volume right there.
How
does the synchro tank fit 18 gallons? Does this have something to do
with
the right rear fill port I have seen? I would really prefer not to give
up
the spare for the 6 gallon SS donut tank up front.

Robert
90 MV