[Tigers] Fuel Cell Vent Advice

[Sandy Ganz]

Rob -

See if you fuel cell has the check valve built in (Some do). If so then it's 
just a matter of plumbing the line out of the car in a safe ventable area (i.e. 
not near hot exhaust). Also you might want to put a filter over the line or some 
fuel resistant mesh to keep dirt and crud from getting into the vent line. 
Typically the vent line will be below the bottom of the cell if you mount the 
cell in the trunk and that also is a good plan, as well as back further in the 
chassis. 


Think of how this all will work if you car was upside down. Also one other thing 
you can do is from the cell vent, go up with the hose before you go down. 
Sometimes with a full cell you can get slosh out of the vent if the check valve 
is not so good. Another way to think of it is their is 2 modes of operation, 
rightside up and upsided down, both modes of operation have some specific things 
you can do to make operation safer!

Shoot a picture of the Cell if you can, I'm going to be doing that work in my 
tiger and have not looked at what is available, so if you do have a pic of the 
cell or a model I would love to see it.

Sandy



----- Original Message ----
From: Rob Bernardino <crbernardino at mac.com>
To: tigers at autox.team.net
Sent: Fri, September 9, 2011 11:10:06 PM
Subject: [Tigers] Fuel Cell Vent Advice

Dear Tiger's List,
Just got a 15 gallon fuel cell for the Tiger. As you may recall will be using 
the car for track stuff. Any advice on how/where to run the vent tube? Or will a 
tip over valve suffice? This car won't be raced but tracked only, so no 
sanctioning body issues. 

Rob


Rob in Carmel, CA
1966 Mk1A Tiger
B382000262 LRXFE
JAL660245
Color Code 39: Carnival Red
TAC# 0519
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