What are the two plastic tanks just above both front wheels?
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What are the two plastic tanks just above both front wheels?
what are these tanks for, they have two pipes attached to them.
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Re: What are the two plastic tanks just above both front wheels?
Petrol breather pipes to tanks I think
Re: What are the two plastic tanks just above both front wheels?
That's what I thought but can't smell petrol, both the rubber connections are brittle and I'm in Dorset but live in lancashire.
What are the two plastic tanks just above both front wheels?
what are these tanks for, they have two pipes attached to them.
Re: What are the two plastic tanks just above both front wheels?
Expansion tanks for the fuel tank
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https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Fu ... ther_tanks" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: What are the two plastic tanks just above both front wheels?
They're the breather tanks for the petrol tank. I think on hot days they allow the fuel to expand some and also regulate air blocks on one side of the tank when filling up and maybe allow the fuel pump to suck out fuel more easily.
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Re: What are the two plastic tanks just above both front wheels?
You posted this question earlier.Why post it again?
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Re: What are the two plastic tanks just above both front wheels?
here you go
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Re: What are the two plastic tanks just above both front wheels?
Got a couple of these on my Westy 1.6TD Club Joker 87, also had brittle pipes! Van came from neither Dorset or lancashire 

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