Re: [T3] gas mileage fix

["Jim Showker" <jshowker@comcast.net>]

Wow, very interesting.  All I can say for sure is that the smell of gas is
now gone from doing hard left hand turns and there is no gas or gas smell in
the trunk.  I WILL check it out.

Thanks,  Jim Showker


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] gas mileage fix


> On 21 Sep 2005 at 9:10, Jim Showker wrote:
>
> > > So this clamp is in the trunk, not under the fender?
> >
> > No, it's in the fender well.  The Piece of tubing that runs from the
filler
> > goes across the gap over towards the trunk.  It goes into a piece of
rubber
> > tubing with a flange that obviously goes into the trunk and hooks to the
gas
> > tank on the other side.
>
> Okay, I know the part you're talking about now, but that clamp doesn't
seal
> gasoline anywhere. The steel filler tube runs THRU that large grommet and
into
> the trunk, all in one piece with no breaks. That clamp just keeps water
out of
> the trunk.
>
> If you had gas coming out under that seal, then either your trunk is full
of
> gas, because of a leak elsewhere, or your filler tube has rusted thru
somewhere
> under that grommet. I've never seen or heard of rustthru there, but I
suppose
> it's possible.
>
> Either way, I'd suggest a bit more investigation to see what the exact
problem
> really is.
>
> I probably have a good used filler tube if you need one.
>
> -- 
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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