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Fuel Tank ....... Knackered
Posted: 24 Oct 2007, 16:52
by The Reverend Pimp Daddy
Shell Island tommorrow, just filled it up.....Nasty smell of petrol....looked underneath......a kin great puddle of my money lying on the concrete. Drive home and the leak has stopped.
It's the rotten on top syndrome.
Question 1
...Seeing as my gauge is faulty, how much fuel approx do you fill up with so as not to lose anymore ?????
Question 2
....Who sells them ??? It's a 2 ltr Air-cooled 1981 CU engine.
Thanks, hopefully from Shell Island.
PS.......I was rather hoping I would get a couple of months out of the old girl before the next episode & I took it back to Steve at Gasure.....Was only there yesterday for a new starter
Posted: 24 Oct 2007, 17:28
by steve8090
Geoff I've got a good second hand one you can have.
Posted: 24 Oct 2007, 18:05
by The Reverend Pimp Daddy
Re: Fuel Tank ....... Knackered
Posted: 24 Oct 2007, 18:12
by ding-dang-dhu
The Reverend Pimp Daddy wrote:
Question 1
...Seeing as my gauge is faulty, how much fuel approx do you fill up with so as not to lose anymore ?????
I have said problem too, but my gauge works. I stick £30 in when the needle hits 1/4 full. that last a while.
Not much help when your gauge aint working. Does the trip still work?
Posted: 24 Oct 2007, 19:32
by The Reverend Pimp Daddy
I have a no trip speedo......my gauge works to a degree.....You fill the tank it shows a 1/4 full then takes a long time to go down...I'm pretty used to the gauge now
I think If I fill it up I will just put around £30 in thanks fella
Posted: 24 Oct 2007, 20:25
by toomanytoys
Is it rotten or just the breather hoses/pipes perished/rusted away...
only way to tell is to drop it, but that means dropping the fuel... bit of a pain...since its now "full"
Posted: 25 Oct 2007, 05:59
by The Reverend Pimp Daddy
toomanytoys wrote:Is it rotten or just the breather hoses/pipes perished/rusted away...
only way to tell is to drop it, but that means dropping the fuel... bit of a pain...since its now "full"
I only looked underneath briefly......But it does seem to be coming from the top of the tank......This is all new to me.....I've never given fuel to the environment before
Posted: 29 Oct 2007, 21:19
by Sir Chad
I had same problem when I brimmed my tank, turned out to be a perished hose going to the breather tank, cost £1 for a bit of fuel hose and 15mins to fit
Posted: 30 Oct 2007, 13:26
by 1664
Sir Chad wrote:I had same problem when I brimmed my tank, turned out to be a perished hose going to the breather tank, cost £1 for a bit of fuel hose and 15mins to fit
Yeah this happened with my old camper. I went and bought a new tank only to have to send it back and suffer a surcharge
Posted: 30 Oct 2007, 16:56
by The Reverend Pimp Daddy
Checking mine out on Monday....keeping my fingers crossed
Posted: 30 Oct 2007, 17:36
by mikey9
Same solution for me too - perished breather pipe hose was p*&^%$ng fuel out (probably due to the big hole in it
)
VW OE pipe is very nice - rubber now onoutside as well as inside the reinforcing threads.
Hope this is your problem too.