it's very normal that if you just keep adding fluid to the res..
it will overflow out the top, under the van.

the filler neck is somewhat casually sealed to the top of the res I
believe..
and better for it to overflow there than onto the floor of the van of
course.

scott

On 1/5/2013 12:35 PM, neil n wrote:
> The tank can crack.
>
> If memory serves, isn't the tank a 2 pc. design? Like the fill neck
> can be separated from the tank? Maybe a leak at that union?
>
> Maybe Bentley shows that detail?
>
> Maybe I've used too many "?'s"
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> On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I just filled mine. It's been a long time since I've needed to. I
>> noticed that after I put in some fluid -- more than a liter -- fluid
>> started dripping off the reservoir bottle on the underside of the car.
>> Is that thing vented to prevent overfilling and soaking the carpet?
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>
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> Neil n
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