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Subject:Re: Gas odor after fill-up => More possibilities
From:Austin
Date:Sat, 18 Jul 1998 10:43:30 -0700

At 09:40 PM 7/18/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Roy,
>
>
>> with a flashlight, you can see in through the filler neck hole that the
drain line comes from the round depression in the middle of the tank and is
covered with sheet metal and baffling - in other words, no way to clean the
drain line screen - even with the tank removed. I blew all lines with
compressed air - about the best one can do. Good luck with it.
>
>Regards,
>
>Ken Stich

I originally planned, with the tank out/down/cleaned. to have the interior
'lined'...I decided to forget it when I realized there was a chance the
screen &/or feed line might become clogged.  Anybody out there have
definitive info or answers regarding lining Vanagon fuel tanks???

Austin