# Vanagon fuel problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanagon-fuel-problem/46238>\
**Category:** Power/Fuel\
**Tags:** pump, volkswagen, gasoline, vanagon\
**Created:** [March 18, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanagon-fuel-problem/46238 "2010-03-18T00:37:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![stony1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@stony1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stony1)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanagon-fuel-problem/46238/1 "2010-03-18T00:37:16Z")

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Have a '86 vanagon camper. I parked it next to my garage about 2 years ago and now it won’t start. I put 10 gallons of gas in it, it didn’t leak out. the gas gauge doesn’t register either. It runs when I shoot ether into it but appearantly gets no gas. Looks like all the fuses are good. could be the fuel pump but the non-working gas gauge seems to be related.

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**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanagon-fuel-problem/46238/2 "2010-03-18T00:57:55Z")

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The gas could have turned into varnish by now.

You’ll have to clean the fuel system.

(including the carb and change the fuel filter)

I think dumping fresh fuel in with fuel that old may have been wasteful $$.