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Subject:Re: Why Fuel Level Might Affect Performance
From:Justin Pentecost
Date:Tue, 18 May 1999 16:05:10 +0100

Not on mine .. also I think the transporter has a pretty sufisticated
"Recycling"system to condense vaporised petrol.    I once had a peugeot 504
where this system failed and the air going in was like a tornado.   I
replaced the cap with one of those cheapy plastic ones you buy at the
petrol station and it ran fine.   Sladek (Green garage in Kilburn) my VW
guru thinks I was dreaming.   He has the bus today and is looking into it ...

Justin

At 09:50 18/05/99 -0400, Charles Johnson wrote:
>When you take the gas cap to fill up, does air go rushing into the tank?  I
>had a rabbit that did that and at the end of the tank there was such a
>vacuum, that the fuel pump was not able to pull enough fuel from the tank.
>There should be a small vent on the cap which will allow air to replace the
>used fuel in the tank.
>Charlie johnson
>84 Westy

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