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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Ok then. Thats the plan for the weekend. Might explain why the car still starts running very badly after driving on the highway. Always starts cutting out just when I get by the Arch and pull off the highway to downtown. I always just figured it hates downtown St. Louis as much as I do but it might be junk in the tank at this point. I'll take it out and clean it again and fix/replace those lines. Thanks Jim, you da man when it comes to VW. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 9:58 AM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: RE: [T3] More Cold Start Question? On 20 Dec 2001, at 9:12, Schwein, William wrote: > Filler neck overflow? I can smell gas a lot when driving but don't > have a gas leak. What effect will that have on the car. Seems like > it would just be the gas smell and that that. The smell is just the insignificant tip of the iceberg. Of course there is also the environmental side and the cost of gas which spills out, plus the chance of your car going up in smoke due to someone's carelessly tossed cigarette. The biggest problem is the water and dirt that is thrown into the tank when you drive in the rain. This can damage or destroy the tank, pump, injectors and pressure regulator, all without your realizing that it is a problem. I have taken a couple of quarts of water out of tanks of cars which still ran (although poorly) and the owners had no idea that water was the cause and gas smell was the symptom. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org </x-charset>