Check all the hoses and connections to the expansion tanks (under the wheel
wells).  That's where mine leaked.
Karl Batzler
84 Vanagon
87 Audi 5000 S
La Quinta, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Olsen <VintagePkr@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 7:59 PM
Subject: Filled gas tank leaking a common prob?

>If this has been addressed before I'm sorry, but this is my 1st water
cooled
>van and I noticed this problem before on another van and I'm wondering if
its
>a common thing.  When the fuel tank is filled to the point where the
automatic
>gas station pump clicks off, I get a fuel tank leak.  It doesn't do it for
>long but I really hate the fact that  I'm contaminating the ground with
fuel
>and stinking up the cabin with flammable fumes.  At first I thought it was
the
>over-zealous pump jockey who tried to top off the tank beyond capacity.
(the
>first time it happened) But I pumped it myself the second time and as soon
as
>it clicked off the dripping started as before.  I've been careful ever
since
>(I'm only on my 5th tankful) to do a rough calculation of my mpg and not
fill
>it to capacity.  I noticed this problem once before when I helped a damsel
in
>distress by pushing her (and her 84  westy auto) two blocks through the
>streets of Queens NY to a gas station where she promptly filled it to
capacity
>and had the exact same leak as I have now.  She said the westy was her
>husband's and she never got to drive it so she was quite startled by the
leak
>but she thanked me and headed off.   So, any ideas of where to check first?
>It seems to be concentrated more behind the drivers seat than the
passengers
>so I am doubting the failure the junction between the filler pipe and the
>tank.
>Also, what do Vanagon Bently manuals for my 87 go for at the dealer?  I
just
>missed out on the second one I was bidding on on E-bay.
>Thanks
>Keith Olsen
>VintagePkr@aol.com
>1987 Wolfsburg Auto Vanagon
>1985 Golf Diesel
>1980 Rabbit Diesel P/U  (for sale cheap)
>1979 Champagne Ed. partial Westy conversion Bus (for sale)
>1978 partz bus (fs with the 79)
>1993 Saturn SL (wife's car)
>
>1978 Partz Bus (also FS)