See the Lotus list - there is actually a section in
the FAQ file about this problem. the issue there is a
crossover tube between the Esprit's 2 tanks that tends
to vary a check valve position at random intervals.
Never had the problem on any other car, though.
--- Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/15/99 10:33:42 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time, payn@null.net
> writes:
>
> << And yet at other gas stations, I can pump with no
> problems--I start
> pumping, push the lock lever in, walk away, come
> back, and it's stopped at
> exactly the right time.
>
> I've never had this problem in any other
> car--including a 1967 leaded-gas
> BMW. Is there something wrong with my car that I
> should fix, or is there
> just some technique that I'm missing? >>
>
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>
> If this only happens at one gas station, there is
> nothing wrong with your
> car! It seems to me that the station has pumps that
> are set too high. If
> you must go to that station, just pull the pump
> handle a little, and very
> slowly. That should stop the high pressure
> splashback.
>
> Allen Hefner
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
>
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