I agree, I don't have no fancy dancy filler tube, so I either hold the garden hose at the exterior spout for a minute or two to fill it up, or fill from the inside where I only have 1 lid screw fastened so I can quickly rotate the lid, open the tank, fill w/ wawa & pinch off hose again to stop water from getting inside the van-presto chango, it's done.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-went camping last weekend w/ empty wawa tank-pulled van out to fill, got distracted, hosed off van instead, but didn't fill tank, Mrs. BZ pissed.  Had to drink beer & wine the whole time.

On Aug 17, 2011, at 9:19 AM, The Bus Depot wrote:

>> Trevor, if the inlet could be made so that it allows a faster
>> feed, that would be great.  Of course, that would simply
>> entail a larger opening at the inlet, larger diameter inlet
>> tube, and larger opening into the tank.  It has always seemed
>> absurd that the inlet is so inadequate.  I always fill my
>> tank through the tank lid inside, but there is always risk of
>> getting the cabinets wet.
> 
> 
> Sounds like a lot of hassle to me.  Personally, the time it takes to fill
> the tank via the inlet has never bothered me at all.  Sure it's a bit slow,
> and if I'd designed it I'd have used a larger tube. But it still fills in,
> what, 5 minutes or so?  If I was so rushed that I couldn't spare 5 minutes,
> I  wouldn't be driving a Vanagon in the first place. :-)  I put the hose in,
> do my quick pre-trip walk-around (coolant level, oil level, tire pressure),
> and by the time I'm done it's just about full. My last Westy had a busted
> inlet hose that I never got around to fixing, so I had to fill it from the
> top opening in the tank, and I found that much less convenient.
> 
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