[alfa] 18 gallon tanks & Spider windows

[John Brase <jbrase@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So Joe stuffed 18.2 gallons of gas into his GTV6's 18 gallon tank.  Last 
week I stuffed 14 gallons into my GTV6 tank - a personal record.  For as 
long as I've owned this car (a long time) I've been unable to get the 
tank more than about 3/4 full no matter how much "topping off" I 
attempt.  It will only take a little over half tank unless I pull the 
vent hose on the top of the tank before fueling.  I can't figure it out. 
During the resurrection process, after the car had been sitting for 
several years, I had the tank opened up, cleaned and rust coated.  I 
thought this would fix the problem but it didn't.  I have tested the 
guage and it is accurate.

On the subject of plastic Spider rear windows, I always used a rolled up 
beach towel laid in the fold of the rear window.  When I finally had to 
replace the top, the plastic window was still in good shape.  I used a 
souvenir Los Angeles olympic games towel, if that matters.

John
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