[Tigers] Gas tank vent hose

[Owain Lloyd]

you guys should try a peugeot 205 convertible.  the angle is so messed up
it must have been a pain from new and you have the dribble the whole tank
in.  even then there is a fair bit of bounce back and spilling down
the side.

we forget how good modern cars are at solving all these little quirks of
bad design.

On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 10:08 PM Jim B via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Like Gary, I’m in CA and I hold back the vapor recovery sleeve. I angle
> the nozzle down into the filler pipe and that helps. Still a PITA though.
> Never tried the upside down method.
>
> On Sep 20, 2023, at 8:07 AM, GARY WINBLAD <garywinblad at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> You must not be in CA (or other state with the vapor recovery gas pumps).
> All 13 gallons take forever for me, so I never try to go more than 9 or
> so.
> Old cars don't have the on-board carbon canister system that is needed for
> the new pumps.
> So there is nothing you can do.
> When the nozzle is fully inserted and gas pumped in the pressure rises and
> the pump shuts
> off, always spilling gas down the side and onto the ground.
> I have to hold the nozzle crooked so the bellows doesn't fully seat and
> just barely open the
> trigger, takes forever.
> Some guys hold the nozzle upside down (vertical) and it works better.  I
> just tried this again
> and it did seem to work better than years ago when I last tried it.
> Gary
>
>
>
> On 09/19/2023 2:16 PM PDT Greg Oliver <gregdawg89 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> It does that with my Tiger too. 🙁
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Joel Martin
> via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 19, 2023 1:53 PM
> *To:* Tiger List Serve <tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Tigers] Gas tank vent hose
>
> I have a ongoing issue, more of testing my patience, in that it takes me
> at least 5 minutes to completely fill my gas tanks.  It takes the first 8-9
> gallons just fine but the last 3-4 takes forever.  I must squeak in .1-.2
> gallons at a time, meaning I must wait 10-15 seconds for the gas to settle
> in the tanks before adding more.
>
> The gas tank vent hose is in the correct location, I believe.  No gas
> fumes in trunk.  Gas tank sending unit and gauge are pretty accurate.  When
> my patience holds and I get the tanks full, gauge shows 11.75 to 12 gallons
> on the gauge.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions as to why this might be happening and potential
> fix would be appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Joel Martin
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