[MkI]Gas tank blew fuel everywhere!

[Mad Matt <mlogga1@triton.towson.edu>]

My PITA 81 Rocco must not have likes the kind of gas I put in it a few
weeks ago because it decided to blow about a gallon out the filler neck
yesterday.  Here's the skinny:
	The tank was replaced with one from another A1 (which one I don;t
know) last summer because the original was rusted.  I initially had
a problem with a pinched vent line not allowing the fuel into the tank and
therefore it spit back up the filler neck.  I checked all hoses/lines and
found what I thought was the culprit.  It has been fine up until this
summer when I decided to drive it around a bit.  After filling the tank
and getting onto the highway, I noticed fuel trying to escape into the car
via the sending unit.  In other words, the tank was completely
pressurized.  I parked it a couple of weeks ago and have not run it since.
What would cause the tank to expel gas like that?  A quick check revealed
no pinched or blocked vent lines.  I need to fix this ASAP because the
nice firemen who came to clean up the spill( thanks to an anonymous
neighbor) told me I will be fined if it happens again. I completely
emptied the tank, but I need a permanent fix.  HHEEEEEEELLLLLPPPPPPP!!!!! 

Matt Loggans
Towson University
Baltimore, MD
'84 Scirocco Wolfsburg (the daily beater) 
'81 Scirocco (the toy)

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