cegammel wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 3:37 amSprings are there, but the arms are hopelessly bent.
Gas sloshes due to centrifugal force...I think? Physics was a long time ago.
I bought a set of studs just for the strainer repair. I can't remember what they are called, but they are larger on one end than the other...drill, tap, and glue in. It was easy peasy last time.
OK, I need a committed answer to the gas slosh. IF you have liquid gas leaking + smell on LEFT turns, it will be in the evaporative lines / expansion tank. If it is AFTER the left turn, then it might also include the return path to the tank.
People glaze over when pressed on eradicating fuel smells under the boot of Type 1 and Type 3 cars. I do not recall if any of these later VWs use the "criss-cross" fuel evap lines found on the buses. The left tank evap nipple actually feeds the right side separator and the right tank evap nipple crosses over and feeds the left separator. Thus, a hard left turn fills the right side evap tube but does not overwhelm the separator. After the turn, the fuel merely drains back into the tank from the line.
Colin