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Subject:Re: Gas Vapors
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:24:30 -0500

At 12:35 AM 1/12/2012, Robert Stewart wrote:
>Can I ask someone to explain why they hell our vans have such a
>strange tank design?

They did it to get as much fuel capacity as possible.  The tanks in
the fender wells provide the headspace that the tank would otherwise
have to, since it's no longer socially acceptable for gas tanks to
overflow when the sun comes out.

>Do all vehicles have this type of setup?

This is the first one I've seen.

Yours,
David