Dan: Trust me. If I fill up my tank to the point that I can see the
gasoline in the filler neck, and this is a few inches down from the top, and
I drive the four blocks to my house and park in my driveway on a 100 plus
degree day, the gasoline will expand and overflow the tank. It is not the
vapors that cause the problem, it is the gasoline expanding from its
temperature underground to the ambient air temperature above ground.
(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Stromquist" <dan@warner-associates.com>
To: <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel bill up in filler pipe
> I'm no engineer but it seems to me the length which the filled pipe goes
> down into the gas tank should make a difference. If the tank is 3/4 full
> but the filler pipe goes below the level of the gas in the tank then we
> are
> going to have some displacement up the filler pipe even at 3/4 full. Now
> if
> one were to make a small lengthwise cut in the filler pipe or hole (below
> the rubber gas tank seal) would it not accomplish the same thing as a
> relief
> tube? Then you could fill your tank up a little more (as long as you keep
> the level below the vent hole).
> The Rookie
> BJ8
>
> ---- "Sales at \" Just Brits \"" <sales@justbrits.com> wrote:
>
> =============
> << When I park the car at a display for a few hours in hot sun
> I get a vapour build up pushing fuel out through the filler cap.>>
>
> Keith, I learned the lesson about same thing MANY
> years ago as I had same "experience" <G> !!!
>
> Like Rich said, do NOT fill the tank SO full. Cures
> the "fuel expansion due to heat" problem quite
> nicely <G> !!!
>
> Ed
> Please visit MY site at:
> www.justbrits.com
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