

| Subject: | Re: gas leak update, coupled with questions |
| From: | Roger Whittaker |
| Date: | Sun, 9 May 2010 17:32:25 -0700 |
dear leaky sam where is the link too the pics :) On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Samantha <yfsami@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello! > Hope you're all having a fine weekend and the weather is treating you nice. > > I wrote in not long ago about a gas leak, when we filled the tank up it did > not stop filling, and spilled out when filled. Van died on way back home, > would not restart. Got a tow (for free!!) and gas poured out as it was being > lifted up. Soooooooooooooooo... > > .....Yesterday we started the process of disconnected fuel lines and > draining the tank, all went well! Today, we dropped the gas tank and drained > remaining gas (it wasn't that heavy). Squirrels and chipmunks had hidden > nuts for the winter all around the tank, but nothing that would interfere, > hahaha. Found no problems with visible seals as so far, and found no visible > holes in gas tank. Gas lines are not in great condition, but appear to be in > working condition. We cannot find where it is leaking from! > > Went to remove one of the expansion gas tanks but was unable to, as gas > receiver's screws have been stripped by one of those damned previous owners. > Whoever had Mustard prior didn't give a damn! > > Removed fuel pump and filter. Filter was full of nasty brown black shit, > will address that soon, thats an easy fix. > > We started looking around more feeling beat from removing the tank and not > finding our issue, and we found a LOT of loose and broken hoses and lines. > We took photos and I resized and drew arrows and typed (hopefully) helpful > remarks pertaining to each photo. > Would you folks be up to looking at the pictures we took and helping us > figure out what these things are? > > There are a few lines that were disconnected that hadn't been before, and > one plastic line that was flat out broke. I'm wondering how that couldve > happened from here to there.... > > I do hope I have provided all needed information and as always, thank you > again, you are all so kind. > > Samantha > 1982 AC Vanagon > Eureka Springs, AR > -- roger w From Proverbs: Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a servant who becomes king ... ---------------------------------------------------------- Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/ View the growing list of video work at: http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners
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