My personal philosophy:  Get it ALL done NOW while parts and mechanics are still available!  It gets harder every year.  You need a reliable fuel system; if you do it now you will enjoy it and have peace of mind for decades ahead.  Old clogged fuel tank with small outlet causes immense frustration and expense.

    On Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 07:32:30 AM PST, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:  
 
 Hi Zoltan,

        Great to see you on list and hope you are doing great. 

        It is tempting to just replace the hoses and grommets and leave the tank and roll on. 

But, I’m always tempted once in there to drop tank and consider the newer tank. 
Still, leaving original parts that work in place even a fuel tank may be my best option. 
 Thoughts greatly appreciated.

Eric Caron 

> On Feb 3, 2024, at 6:05 AM, zolo@foxinternet.com wrote:
> 
> My guess is, the little hoses are gone by now and need to be replaced. All others should be fine.
> Zoltan
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> On Friday 02/02/2024 at 7:05 pm, Eric Caron wrote: 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> So, my 84 smells like gas. I had the plan of doing a fuel tank reseal this winter. So here are the questions.
>> 
>> Van has 248,000 mils. Original tank. Lived in the south most of its life. 
>> 
>> Should I just reseal original tank if not rusty on the out side?
>> Or, should I replace with new one with larger outlet?
>> 
>> If a new one. What is the top choice these days? Still the Spectrum from Amazon?
>> 
>> I have sealed the evaporation tanks and I’m sure the seals on the fuel tank are tired. 
>> Smell of gas is in the front.
>> Other question. I have a sender seal and the original sender from my 85 that worked fine when removed. The current sender is working. 
>> 
>> Should I replace the fuel sender, with a new one or just the O ring?
>> 
>> Another option is to purchase a tank from my local VW bus person and have him pressure test and possibly undercoat it for me before I do the install.
>> I could even let him install the sender. Cost goes up but the tank is probably less likely to fail.
>> 
>> Your thoughts wanted.
>> 
>> Eric Caron 
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