RE: [T3] Filler Neck

["Schlegel, Richard" <RSCHLEGEL@OCSD.COM>]

Thanks Jim!
It's good you are here to keep us Type 3 newbie's in line. I wonder how
many type 3's you are directly or indirectly responsible for keeping on
the road? Hmmmmm. I smell a new thread.

Rich & Nicole (Daughter), Orange County, CA
70 SquareBack MT FI
http://community.webshots.com/user/schlegelr 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:39 PM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: RE: [T3] Filler Neck


On 19 May 2004 at 16:00, Schlegel, Richard wrote:

> Speaking of filling up and the filler neck. When the nozzle clicks off

> I get a splash of gas underneath the car. And when I have a full tank 
> I get a gas smell when I make a LEFT turn. Any Ideas? Is there an 
> overflow I am missing? I don't see anything in the neck where you 
> stick the nozzle.

Feel up inside the wheel well and you will find a rubber hose that taps
into 
the rear side of the filler neck. We call this the overflow hose even
though 
that's not it's function. These hoses are ALWAYS cracked. They are NLA,
but 
they MUST be fixed somehow. It doesn't matter much what you do, but you
must 
replace this part with some kind of hose that takes its place.

If you don't, gas will continue to spill out, and dirt and water will
get 
pumped in. Both things are bad.

Fix it.  ;-)

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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