While trying to stuff the fuel system seems to be an accomplishment it is
a silly thing to do. Most fuel stations have tanks in the ground which
will tend to keep the gasoline cool. Stuff our tank and eliminate all the
air space and then heat it with engine heat or hot pavement and where does
that expanded fuel go? Does the vapor recovery system wonders. Foul up
those gravity valves on top of the Syncro fuel tank and you get the extra
bonus of dropping the tranny and tank. Is that extra gallon really worth
it?

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Christopher Gronski
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 11:04 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: How much gas will your syncro take?

Someone once told me that elevating the passenger side wheel makes it
easier
to fill your syncro. I always try to orient my van at the pump with at
least
the back end higher than the front, but if possible I'll park diagonally
to
get that one wheel higher than the rest. If my van is particularly empty
I've often put MORE than the advertised 70L / 18.5 gal. Now yesterday I
was
practically running on fumes when I filled up. I ended up putting in
75.043L
/ 19.82 gal according to the pump which seemed like quite a bit over
capacity, I'm just wondering what everyone's largest fill up was...

Christopher