Loren and Gary,
              After redoing my crossover pipe and
crows nest of hoses to the tank I "never" top off.
Those two crummy little side plastic tanks look much
better without any gas in them. Any backwashing is
likely to be caused by the valves in those plastic
tanks not working right or someone has rehosed and not
connected the hoses right(hoses are asymetric from
side to side).   The valves on the plastic tanks get
gummed up.   You might be able to add some solvent to
get them working but they are likely to be good and
brittle with age.                gary
Date:    Thu, 24 Oct 2002 13:10:24 -0600
From:    Gary Shea <shea@GTSDESIGN.COM>
Subject: Re: Overflow when filling tank

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, at 11:05 [-0700], Loren A. Busch
(lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM...:
>  ............. PS:  I was looking up why my van
backwashes gas all
over
> my shoes when I fill
> up.  If anyone has discovered a cheap AND easy new
solution, let me
> know.....
> Bill. I had the same problem with my '85.  No
problem with my '90!  I
> think that it is because I've taken to inserting the
pump nozzle all
the
> way into the filler tube and NOT trying to top off,
just quit when
the
> auto-shutoff trips.  I just leave it at that rather
than trying to
get
> another little bit into the tank.  Of course, when
I'm in Oregon,
their
> fully automated filling system (mindless robot that
stands by the
fuel
> pumps and jumps to action when you pull up) has to
be overridden
using
> loud voice commands to avoid the 'wash your shoes'
problem.

I have an '81 westy, it never ever overflowed until I
replaced the tank
and filler tube with one from... an '85.  Now it
overflows every
&*%$#!@
time I put gas in it!  It overflows at the
auto-shutoff, I never try to
squeeze more gas in, it's a recipe for wet shoes...

        Gary

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site
http://webhosting.yahoo.com/