[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On 27 Jul 2002, at 10:12, Jason Smith wrote: > I removed the fenders this moring, btw, thanks for all the advice. After > removing the fenders I was checking out the extra gas tank (reserve tank) > under the drivers side fender. It was completely dry and rusty when I > pulled off the hose. Is this common, that this becomes useless? It does > not seem to have had gas through it in quite some time. What do I do about > it? Any Ideas? That's the overflow tank, meant to catch and return gas which expanded after filling the tank from a cold underground storage tank. If your bracket is intact and the plumbing to it is okay, then just put it back, but I find that all the ones in this part of the world have 2 problems: 1) The bracket is rusted out and the tank is ready to fall from the car. 2) The steel line to the tank is rusted shut inside so gas couldn't get to the tank anyway. My fix is to remove the tank and rout the plumbing to the hole in the LF corner of the trunk where it can vent outside the tank. Then I avoid topping up the tank right before parking the car, so as to avoid overflow and spillage. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/