If you take the hose off from the tank, no gas will come out.  It is
blocked.  Now, I'm not sure what it is.  Probably something that forms in
gas and becomes hardy or jelly kind.  The tank should be cleaned out.  Yours
is plastic and get no rust.  I had this with an '89 van that had a front gas
tank.  I blew into it on that hose and it moved the stuff away and it worked
for a long time.
Maybe the Lucas additive for injector cleaner can dissolve the stuff.  But
maybe not, because I have two vans now that won't let gas out of the tank
since I poured some into their tanks, blocking the hose.
Let me know if I'm wrong.
Z
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Morse" <andysings@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 10:01 AM
Subject: The saga continues

I'm still trying to get my 86 syncro running again. Mike Drillock has been
exrtemely helpful having me run tests!
 Almost everything was running fine until I adjusted the valves, they are
adjusted properly now and I have great compression in all cylinders (ooops I
hadn't correctly lined up  a push rod tube).

 What wasn't fine until the adjustment was the van would stall after running
it for around 15 minutes, almost as if it had run out of gas. Once I had to
get it towed, another time I banged on the fuel pump and replugged the wires
after unplugging them, eventually the van started and I made it home....not
sure if the banging did anything.

The valves are fine, the plugs are new, as well as the fuel filter, fuel
pump ( you can hear it whirrr), cap, rotor....I'm getting good blue spark.

Last test Mark had me do was testing the fuel pressure at the T on top of
the engine. I did not get a reading at all! Either the brand new vacuum fuel
gauge is not working or I'm not really getting any pressure. So what could
the problem be?
 Seems to me if  pressure was present I should have seen gas spray out when
I took out the tiny screw from the T.

Any one near Albany NY want to come over and help me figure this one out!?

Thank you, Andy
518-339-4454