Having just had a new BD propane installed, the new tank needs to be purged
according to the directions that came w/ the tank. I took it to my propane
volks & asked them if they could purge it-ehyah they said in Maineise.  I
asked what they do, & they showed moi while doing it, took about 20
minutes.  They need to purge the air out of the tank before they can fill
it to 80%-sooo they put a little bit of propane in the tank, then hook a
hose up to another spare tank & bleed the tank as the gas is a liquid &
heavier than the air inside the tank-they keep doing this until they have
replaced the air w/ 80% liquid & now the tank is purged.  It used up about
1/2 gallon of propane to purge the air out as they ended up w/ 4 gallons
but the tank @ 80% only holds about 3.5 gallons.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-new tank comes w/ a sticker on the valve warning that tank needs to
be purged before filling w/ propane!

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> Maybe no one can answer this question with more information ..
> but what the heck...
>
> ( short version is, no one can seem to fill this  new propane tank on a
> Westy )
>
> An 84 Westy I know of has a new propane tank from Van Cafe on it, , to
> replace the original tank.
> No one seems to be able to fill this new propane tank.
>
> The van's owner said she had it to 3 places and they couldn't fill it.
> I took it to an RV place where they fill propane tanks on campers and
> RV's all the time.
>
> Besides myself, 3 other guys there tried and tired and fiddled and
> messed around .. for about 50 minutes.
> they even tested their own filling equipment by putting some propane in
> another tank.
> I mean we did *everything* we could ..
> used the bleed valve etc.
> We finally concluded the tank must be full. And the stove worked too.
> Sure would be nice if there was a gauge on that tank. My very similar
> one on my 85 Adventurewagon has a gauge on the tank...
> very handy.
>
> Anyway ...the van's owner tells me she ran out of propane making tea the
> other day. And that it obviously was not full.
>
> So ...and ideas what's going on ?
> A faulty tank somehow ?
>
> I would probably tank the tank back off the van and take it to a major
> propane only type business I know of near here.
>
> open to any ideas.
> thnx.
> Scott
>
>
>
> On 10/2/2012 12:27 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> "Also, curious if any of you are still using your original propane tank
>> setups with updated valves, etc or did you procure a new one?"
>>
>> Still using the original tank, it's in fine shape. The regulator had a
>> leak when I bought the van so I replaced that. The autostop filler
>> baffled more attendents than not, so I stuck a manual filler on it,
>> which everyone seems to be comfortable with.
>>
>>

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Tom Buese