Bill,

This spring we had the same problem, could not get the stove or fridge to light and was sure that the tank still had propane.  Found out the tank was empty because the propane had leaked out of the auto-stop fill valve that failed.

Mark in AK  - now with manual fill valve

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Bowman <bill@BNNTA.COM>
Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2006 8:16 am
Subject: LP tank valve? problems...
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> Hi all,
>
> I've got a low mile 1987 vanagon Westfalia Camper GL (automatic)
> and recently I've noticed that I can't seem to get gas to the two-
> burner stove. We don't use it much, usually for very light cooking
> or more likely to make coffee in the morning while camping.  I
> believe the LP tank is nearly full (but I don't know how to be
> certain of that) and we last filled it about 3-4 years ago and
> haven't hardly used it.  Is there a diagnostic write-up somewhere
> on how to logically track down the problem?  Could the valve
> assembly at the tank be the culprit?  I thought I saw a story in
> the LiMBO newsletter "the Transporter" a few years back on this -
> can't find it now of course!  Are there replacement valves or
> rebuild parts and a "do-it-yourself" procedure write-up available
> anywhere to finallyn fix my non-working stove?  I need a camping
> caffine fix!
>
> Thanks for any help or guidance!  Hope to see a bunch of you
> Vanagon nuts at "Buses Nowhere Near The Arch" (B.N.N.T.A.) in
> about a month from now...
>
> Bill Bowman
> 1987 Vanagon Westfalia Camper GL
> St. Charles, MO
> go to: http://www.bnnta.com
>