Please reply to dan_cook@idx.com.  Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan_Cook@IDX.COM [mailto:Dan_Cook@IDX.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 8:52 AM
To: vanagon-request@vanagon.com
Subject: question for the list

To:   vanagon-request
I have a question for the mailing list, I'm not a subscriber and was hoping
folks could respond to my personal email address:   dan_cook@idx.com

Here's the question:

Went out to my '87 Vanagon Syncro Westphalia the other night and gas was
leaking out of the top of the gas filler pipe - you know, where you put the
gas pump into.  Evidently, fuel "crept" its way up the filler pipe and was
coming out near the top - either around the cap or around a seam very near
the top.

Now, I refilled the tank 2 days ago and have driven it 20 miles since fill
up - so I should have "sucked" down enough gas that it should be down in
the tank by now.

I'm wondering if some kind of pressure is causing this? Maybe a vacuum leak
that should be sucking fumes through the charcoal filter isn't working?

The only other symptom that has come up at this same time, is after 5
minutes of running the van down the road, it starts to skip and sputter to
the point I have to pull over - no power and then stall. I restart and its
fine for a second or two, then starts skipping for another minute, then its
fine - no problems.

I may have two problems, but they appeared at the same time.

Any thoughts or references would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Dan