So, is there any good reason why some after market entrepreneur has not developed a tank without the depression down the middle that would not need the crossover system?  Just wonderin'.  mcneely

---- Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: 
> Good explanation here:  http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=317
> 
> Rich
> San Diego
> 
> --- On Mon, 3/11/13, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Monday, March 11, 2013, 10:51 AM
> 
>    I know this may be somewhere in the archives.   I have never found the
> archives useable, so I am just List-asking straight out...
> 
>    My 84 has always had a slight gas odor after filling to the top...and
> not just from the usual 'spitting-up' that frequently seems to happen when
> you use the gas pump's auto shut-off feature...   I've just been 'living
> with it' forever, thinking it was not so big a deal,  but I recently
> noticed, after filling up, there was actually a small pool of gasoline
> under my van, and more still dripping out....Dunno whether this has been
> going on all along and I just noticed, or maybe the leak/overflow problem
> is getting worse....but not that I've seen this, I want to take care of the
> problem...
> 
>    Can someone point me to the fix for this problem, which I assume is
> frequent with our older vans, rotting hoses, etc...Thanks
>    Don Hanson

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David McNeely