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Subject:Re: vanagon Digest - 30 Jun 2007 (#2007-666)
From:Keith Ovregaard
Date:Sun, 1 Jul 2007 09:20:34 -0700

My Syncro takes gas as fast as the pump will deliver it, up until the
last 2 1/2 gallons, that is. Then it's click-and-trickle time if I want
a full tank. What a PITA! Anyone try to fix that problem with a bigger
breather hose or something?

Keith O

On Jun 30, 2007, at 9:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:33:17 -0700
> From:    KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
> Subject: Re: At the pump ...
>
> In Canada some stations are full service (aka they insist on pumping
> gas) and some are self service. Whenever I pull up in my Syncro I ask
> if they've ever filled up a Syncro. They never have. After they
> futilely try to pump gas in (and the auto-shufoff kills it instantly)
> they let me fill it up. Most modern pumps pump gas so fast that it
> will always trigger the auto-shut off (now super sensitive to prevent
> overflows) on my Syncro Westy.
>
> I get to spend 15 minutes of my time instead trickling the gas in to
> the tank.

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