Ship it back and tell them to bleed the thing.

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 10/02/2012 03:48 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> Not enough yet.
> I did talk to them during the filling attempt ..
> Chris there just kept saying bleed it a lot like it's a new empty tank.
> Which the guy did.
>
>
>
> On 10/2/2012 3:01 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> Did you check with Van Cafe?
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>>
>> On 10/02/2012 01:59 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans 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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