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I would question if your clear plastic line is really compatable for fuel. I would hate to hear that the car caught on fire. --- andy <andy@pon.type2.com> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:59:31 -0600 > From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> > Reply-To: type3@vwtype3.org > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: Re: [T3] 71 Squareback gas line q > Resent-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:01:56 -0800 (PST) > Resent-From: type3@vwtype3.org > > On 21 Nov 2005 at 1:12, andy wrote: > > > there is a small clear line on the drivers side > that runs alongside the > > gas tank and attaches to a metal line. > > > > seems to be damp with fuel. where does that go and > what to do about it? > > It leads to an overflow tank under the LF fender. > From there, there is another > line that runs to the charcoal cannister above the > transmission, where gas > fumes are trapped. More hoses carry those fumes to > the engine when it runs so > that those fumes can be burned rather than being > released to the air. > > In my experience, this system is always dead by now. > The problem is that all > the steel lines have rusted on the inside and no > longer allow anything to pass > thru them. You can test them by opening a line > somwhere and trying to blow thru > the hose. There doesn't need to be any significant > flow, but there needs to be > some, because this is the only path for air to get > back in the tank to replace > gas which is used up. > > Here's what I do: > > On '70 cars, there is a steel line that runs across > the top of the trunk at the > back. I replace that with a plastic line from a > later year. > > On all '70-'73s, I remove the outside overflow > cannister and the lines to and > from it, as well as the charcoal cannister & hoses. > Cap off the places on the > engine where those hoses attached. > > Remove the metal line which passes out the side of > the trunk and discard it. > Remove the rubber plug near the LF corner of the gas > tank and cut off it's > pointed end; that leaves a hole thru it. Use another > plastic tube from a later > year to make an extension which will go from the > clear plastic hose thru this > "grommet" and about 4" farther down. That becomes > your gas tank vent. Use heat > to bend this tube to fit. > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >