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I would think if you smelled gas at all you should check it out since they are prone to catch fire. Not just to up the mileage a little. :-) I think I would replace the hose too ASAP. Especially if it has been on the car for 36 years! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rich & Nicole (Daughter), Orange County, CA 70/71 SquareBack 1600 FI MT http://community.webshots.com/user/schlegelr (Pictures) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Jim Showker [mailto:jshowker@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:07 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: [T3] gas mileage fix Early in the summer we got my son's '69 with EFI working well. Got great gas mileage on the fwy. However mileage around town was only 17-18 mpg. We puzzled about this for a long time, til one day I was riding with him and he was taking a left hand corner pretty hard, and afterwards I smelled gas. We traced it down and gas was leaking out the rubber to metal boot underneath the fender. The rubber tube that comes out of the trunk is attached to the fill tube with a clamp. The clamp was as tite as it would go and was not actually clamping the tubing. Probly cause the dimensions of the rubber had shrunk over 36 years. I wrapped duct tape around the rubber tube where the clamp went, to make it bigger. Several wraps around and the clamp then functioned properly. No more gas leak on left turns, now, 23-24 mpg in town.