Diesel syphoning

Post by **discipleofsketch** » 01 Nov 2012, 11:08

The previous owner of my 1.6 n/a diesel told me not to fill the tank right up because "the diesel syphons". I'm presuming he meant it starts coming out of the filler cap? I haven't actually verified this myself, but ideally I could fill it right up, especially when touring, so a couple of questions:-

1. Is this a common problem with diesels?

2. What might be the cause and is there anything I can do about it?

cheers in advance helpful T25 people!

Post by **Plasticman** » 01 Nov 2012, 12:10

whilst i can see through paintwork , im afraid chassis' beat me, usual rot on top of tank, grommets for breathers pulled out/missing.breather pipes perished missing , you can reach in and feel most of the above if you know what your groping for.
mm

Post by **Hacksawbob** » 01 Nov 2012, 20:07

"the diesel syphons"

Post by **boxer** » 02 Nov 2012, 17:48

you can reach in and feel most of the above if you know what your groping for.
mm

What!

I hate the family site thing when gifts like that come up.

Post by **Plasticman** » 02 Nov 2012, 18:00

its refered to as 'bait'
mm

Post by **boxer** » 02 Nov 2012, 20:10

Thats what Jimmy saville said.

Post by **boxer** » 02 Nov 2012, 20:17

jail that is. or is that goal?

I will get some pics of the door half open tomorrow been having to do some work today then fixing a BMW mirror with a load of p40 cos they cost far too much. doesn't look too bad and will last longer than the previous araldite attempt.

Post by **Plasticman** » 02 Nov 2012, 20:36

boxer wrote:Thats what Jimmy saville said.

saw that mr star today, he was waffling about stuff and i thought how touching he's got his grand or great grand daughter there to support him , nope t'was his bride to be
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Post by **boxer** » 02 Nov 2012, 20:37

Yea nice she was showing support but you have to say it didn't help his cause!

Post by **discipleofsketch** » 07 May 2013, 09:10

Bump - I decided to test the theory of what happens if I fill my tank right to the top this morning - guy at next pump kindly pointed out I was pi$$ing diesel all over the forecourt. So it comes out of the top of the tank somewhere - presumably through a breather or where the filler joins? Any common issues with this happening? Haven't noticed any fuel leaks before, and after driving for 30 mins I just checked it and it's not leaking now..

Post by **AdrianC** » 07 May 2013, 09:24

discipleofsketch wrote:Bump - I decided to test the theory of what happens if I fill my tank right to the top this morning - guy at next pump kindly pointed out I was pi$$ing diesel all over the forecourt. So it comes out of the top of the tank somewhere - presumably through a breather or where the filler joins? Any common issues with this happening? Haven't noticed any fuel leaks before, and after driving for 30 mins I just checked it and it's not leaking now..

It's the rubber pipes to the expansion tanks.
Same as Seb :- viewtopic.php?f=37&t=117097

Post by **Oldiebut goodie** » 07 May 2013, 10:27

There are quite a lot to replace!

Post by **kevtherev** » 07 May 2013, 12:11

discipleofsketch wrote: Any common issues with this happening?

yeah...it's old.. things break and wear out

Post by **polish van ben** » 07 May 2013, 13:29

Got the same problem on mine - its on the list to sort but just get by with only filling 3/4 for now

Post by **discipleofsketch** » 07 May 2013, 21:47

Cheers for the replies Adrian and Oldie But Goodie - very helpful!

kevtherev wrote: yeah...it's old.. things break and wear out

You're kidding? No-one told me my van was old! I feel stupid now - should I just replace the whole van?

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