I can never get a full tank in one shot!
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RE: I can never get a full tank in one shot!
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From: Loveland CO
RE: I can never get a full tank in one shot!
you guys know that if your car is all the way full. any you guys try to round up to the next doller your actualy hurting your car.....
your tank is only sappose to fill up so far and the top sticks up more because the fuel vapers have to excsape to the top. Those vapors then travel down a fuel line to a big black canister inside the engine bay mostly located on the firewall can't miss it. This can has black ash type material in it and trapes the fuel vapors inside of it. Well if you just overfilled it up into the top you are now gonna get gas into the ash canister and it wont be able to hold it that well and adventualy it will fill up so much that it will seap out into your engine and walla if you have a really hot engine and a spark of any type it could start a fire. If you ever see gas dripping onto the floor check around this black canister and smell for fuel..... Probly will need to replace it asap
A good way to check if it is still good is unbolt the canister and if it feels really light you are still good but if it ways a couple of pounds from the gas in there probably might want to replace it...
just a little FYI................learned at WYOTECH
your tank is only sappose to fill up so far and the top sticks up more because the fuel vapers have to excsape to the top. Those vapors then travel down a fuel line to a big black canister inside the engine bay mostly located on the firewall can't miss it. This can has black ash type material in it and trapes the fuel vapors inside of it. Well if you just overfilled it up into the top you are now gonna get gas into the ash canister and it wont be able to hold it that well and adventualy it will fill up so much that it will seap out into your engine and walla if you have a really hot engine and a spark of any type it could start a fire. If you ever see gas dripping onto the floor check around this black canister and smell for fuel..... Probly will need to replace it asap
A good way to check if it is still good is unbolt the canister and if it feels really light you are still good but if it ways a couple of pounds from the gas in there probably might want to replace it...
just a little FYI................learned at WYOTECH
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RE: I can never get a full tank in one shot!
ORIGINAL: riceburner700
you guys know that if your car is all the way full. any you guys try to round up to the next doller your actualy hurting your car.....
your tank is only sappose to fill up so far and the top sticks up more because the fuel vapers have to excsape to the top. Those vapors then travel down a fuel line to a big black canister inside the engine bay mostly located on the firewall can't miss it. This can has black ash type material in it and trapes the fuel vapors inside of it. Well if you just overfilled it up into the top you are now gonna get gas into the ash canister and it wont be able to hold it that well and adventualy it will fill up so much that it will seap out into your engine and walla if you have a really hot engine and a spark of any type it could start a fire. If you ever see gas dripping onto the floor check around this black canister and smell for fuel..... Probly will need to replace it asap
A good way to check if it is still good is unbolt the canister and if it feels really light you are still good but if it ways a couple of pounds from the gas in there probably might want to replace it...
just a little FYI................learned at WYOTECH
you guys know that if your car is all the way full. any you guys try to round up to the next doller your actualy hurting your car.....
your tank is only sappose to fill up so far and the top sticks up more because the fuel vapers have to excsape to the top. Those vapors then travel down a fuel line to a big black canister inside the engine bay mostly located on the firewall can't miss it. This can has black ash type material in it and trapes the fuel vapors inside of it. Well if you just overfilled it up into the top you are now gonna get gas into the ash canister and it wont be able to hold it that well and adventualy it will fill up so much that it will seap out into your engine and walla if you have a really hot engine and a spark of any type it could start a fire. If you ever see gas dripping onto the floor check around this black canister and smell for fuel..... Probly will need to replace it asap
A good way to check if it is still good is unbolt the canister and if it feels really light you are still good but if it ways a couple of pounds from the gas in there probably might want to replace it...
just a little FYI................learned at WYOTECH
Joined: Jul 2005
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RE: I can never get a full tank in one shot!
ive been wondering why that happens also doesnt happen on my civic but it happens on my old ford truck i have to slowly pump gas in there or the damn pump shuts off makes me very angry besides the fact i have to buy 91
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