Gas filler neck Q, don't blow me off

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

Have you been feeling ignored? Anyway, my gas tank hose appears to be about
10" long. It runs from the end of the end of the metal filler pipe to the
tank.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 7:53 AM
Subject: Gas filler neck Q, don't blow me off


> Okay. My 16V is drizzling gas around the bottom of the filler neck clamp.
It
> was suggested (and rightly so) that it is most likely the rubber hose
that's
> at fault, since this area is full of fuel and is an unlikely corrosion
> candidate. SO off I go to find the rubber hose, which nobody on God's
green
> earth seems to have, so I order it from VW at $50 I might add. Needless to
> say when I was IN Hagersville the dealer couldn't find where they had put
> it, so off I go for a special trip to get it this morning, and ...
>
> Yep, a full four inches too short.
>
> 1. Could somebody crawl under their 16V and tell me how long the hose is
on
> theirs to see if it's 7" or more like 10-11"?
>
> 2. How close to the tank should this join in? I'm wondering if part of one
> of the metal hoses that the rubber goes onto has been deleted, and if so,
is
> it the tank or filler end neck that's short. The gap between the metal
parts
> is well in excess of the 7" that I have hose for. Or is this identical to
> the Mk1s, in which case I can check for myself.
>
> 3. How much trouble am I asking for if I cut the hose in half and add in a
> 4-5" length of exhaust pipe? It shouldn't leak, right?
>
>
> Anyway, I can't think of any other way to fix it, suggestions are more
than
> welcome. Matches are not an option, but tempting. Why the hell doesn't
> anything go normally on this car? (I'm honestly afraid of what I'll find
> when I do pull that hose off, but I guess I gotta bite the bullet eh?)
> Cathy
>
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