| Bugguyinlima |
Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:40 pm |
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I was topping off/ filling my wife's 68 VW this afternoon (been sitting for a couple of months When), with our new 5 gallon gas can, the detachable 6 inch white plastic gas can tube came off the gas can and fell into the filler neck/gas tank...this flexible tube is about 1 inch in diameter....
Needle nose pliers and various other attempts and foul words lead me to my question...Can I safely leave the damn thing where it is...either jammed in the filler neck near the entrance to the gas tank or actually in the tank...or must I try to get the damn thing out?
Between the filler neck and the gas tank there is a oval shapped rubber boot on this car, attached on either end with C type clamps, but the rubber seems old and somewhat hard and I stopped after trying for awhile to remove this hose, , fearing it was going to crack, split, and with my luck I was not going to be able to find a replacement.
My mechanical knowledge and expertise is laughably small, my ego is damaged nevertheless and I would appreciate your opinions.... |
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| Viande |
Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:00 pm |
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Bugguyinlima wrote: I was topping off/ filling my wife's 68 VW this afternoon (been sitting for a couple of months When), with our new 5 gallon gas can, the detachable 6 inch white plastic gas can tube came off the gas can and fell into the filler neck/gas tank...this flexible tube is about 1 inch in diameter....
Needle nose pliers and various other attempts and foul words lead me to my question...Can I safely leave the damn thing where it is...either jammed in the filler neck near the entrance to the gas tank or actually in the tank...or must I try to get the damn thing out?
Between the filler neck and the gas tank there is a oval shapped rubber boot on this car, attached on either end with C type clamps, but the rubber seems old and somewhat hard and I stopped after trying for awhile to remove this hose, , fearing it was going to crack, split, and with my luck I was not going to be able to find a replacement.
My mechanical knowledge and expertise is laughably small, my ego is damaged nevertheless and I would appreciate your opinions....
Hello and welcome. You may want to try this post in the appropriate late model forum.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewforum.php?f=3
This is an easy fix btw. |
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| Bugguyinlima |
Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:29 pm |
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| I just did repost it..but don't know how to delete this one now..... |
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| Viande |
Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:39 pm |
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Bugguyinlima wrote: I just did repost it..but don't know how to delete this one now.....
Found it. :wink: |
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