You can overcome the constant stopping while pumping gas with the anti-vapor
necks by (and this is only hypothetical! I would Never advise against over
riding the mandated equipment)!! Pulling back the flexible plastic neck "vapor
guard" so that it's an inch or two away from "sealing" on the neck. this will
allow you gush the fuel in much faster, BUT. (Hypothetically, of course) When
the tank is full, it will NOT automatically shut off. So don't leave it
unobserved while your chatting with the pretty girl filling up at pump # 4.,
and pay close attention when you know it's nearing it's capacity.
From: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] gas cap
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Message-ID: <C444D04C.1787A%max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
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Before you all go jumping on this idea, a PO installed on of those
anti-siphon springs in my other car during the first gas crisis (it has one
of those external flip-top gas caps, so, no way to lock it). The result of
this is that with modern vapor-recovery pumps, you can only dribble in gas
at the slowest possible setting, while holding the nozzle in place with main
force. Even at that, it will click itself off three or four times during a
fill-up, making every trip to the gas station a lengthy PITA.
In the MGB, you can add to this the undignified and uncomfortable posture of
bending over at the waist in order to reach the inlet. All in all, I really
couldn't recommend this approach to the problem.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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