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Fuel Vapor Tank - LH [Vanagon]

$59.95
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Fuel Vapor tank on white background
  • Fuel Vapor tank on white background
  • Fuel Vapor tank on white background
  • Fuel Vapor tank on white background
Fuel Vapor Tank - LH [Vanagon]
Fuel Vapor Tank - LH [Vanagon]
Product: 251-201-303C
Works With: 1980-1991
Manufacturer: Quality Aftermarket
Availability: Only 3 Left in Stock!
$59.95

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This is the LEFT (driver) SIDE fuel vapor tank that sits up in your front wheel well area. It is part of the main fuel tank evaporation system, and allows evaporated fuel to condense back into a liquid and drain back into the tank to keep your little engine buzzing down the road just a little bit longer. The original tanks were quite robust and relatively failure-proof, but thirty-plus years of service life will leave some tanks brittle and prone to cracking, especially at the lower nipples where the fuel line attaches. If you are resealing your fuel tank (2WD or Syncro), it is a good time to install all new vapor tanks and float valves. Do it once, do it right!

Fits: All 1980-91 models including Syncro
  • 5 stars: 8 (89%)
  • 4 stars: 1 (11%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
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Richard P.
Rick

The vapor tank was an exact replacement. It came in a timely fashion and went in perfectly.

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Will S.
Vapor tanks?

Came quickly and I am procrastinating installing them. LOL Still in the box. High quality. This is always the way.
We need a "Go Westie" on Long Island!! I'm getting too old to be doing this stuff hahaha

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Steve L.

Fast delivery. Quality part.

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Tom W.
Fuel Vapor Tank

Very good quality, however, the fit was difficult to get it to seat properly in the rear indent of the wheel arch. I found that using a heat gun on the fastener tab and angling it up helped tremendously in getting the tank to seat firmly.

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Wayne A.
Westy Vaping

Part I expected arrived when expected. A fifteen minute remove and replace, as one would expect. Should not have to deal with it again for another 37 years.

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Bruce H.
Flue vaper tank

Being installed now.

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Eliot G.
Good insurance

If you still have your original vapor tanks, replacing them with these is good insurance. That old plastic is very brittle. After failing the EVAP test twice, I found one of mine had a hole, and when I pushed on it, it crumbled. You don't want to have to deal with that on your next trip. Be sure to get new float valves and grommets too, because there's almost no chance you won't damage the originals when taking them out. Pro tip for installation, take a dremel tool and bore out the mounting hole just a bit toward the tank to make it fit easier over the stud.

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Dale W.
Vapor tank

Perfect fit

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John D.
Even if you don’t know you need new ones of these you probably do (RHS and LHS).

Drove my Vanagon from South Carolina to California. Around Oklahoma the van started losing power and I could hear the fuel pump calling out to me that It was unhappy. I limped it along to New Mexico where the next fuel pump was in stock. Driving and listening to the fuel pump growling all night it sounded like the pump was starving for fuel. Turns out I was right. When I went to change the pump and filter the old filter (that was replaced before the trip started) was clogged. I figured I got a bad tank of gas somewhere full of silt. I just changed the filter and kept the new pump with me if I needed it. With the new filter everything was fine. I was relating the story to my friend Max and he asked a strange question about if it happened to be raining on this trip. It so happened to be true. Turns out that my vapor tank was old and cracked and had a gaping hole on the top side out of sight. In the rain the water and road silt are thrown on top of and into the vapor tank where it makes its way into the fuel tank clogging the filter. The van was able to deal with the water as it trickled through the system, but the silt clogged the filter. I duct taped the hole in the vapor tank and have been waiting for these replacements to come available. These are nice replacements, and they should last for the rest of the life of the van. Glad to have them.