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On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 22:29, Jim Adney wrote: > On 7 Feb 2005 at 19:07, Donald w Croxton wrote: > > > missing is fuel vent pipe ? > > The "overflow" hose really is just there so that you can fill the tank all the > way to the top. If that hose is blocked, you can still fill the tank 90% of the > way, and just as fast, but there is no way to fill the top 10% because there's > no outlet for the air bubble trapped up there. The overflow hose, cures that > problem. > > Actually, I guess you really COULD fill that last 10% without the overflow > hose, because you still have the little vent lines. But the vent lines are so > small and long that the last 10% might take you half an hour to do. Jim, You don't suppose the top of his tank is collapsed from improper venting?? That could cause the problems filling the tank. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~