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Re: [T3] gas cap / gas tank venting


> On cars from '70-on I disable the overflow tank and charcoal cannister, because 
> they are all shot by now and the steel lines are now completely blocked. I just 
> run a hose down a hole that is at the LF corner of the gas tank, now plugged by 
> a rubber plug. 

My gas cap has been so vacuum sealed it has taken me getting out of the car and hitting it
with a "mallot" because neither the attendant or myself could unscrew it by hand. The car
also *refuses* to take gas at any rate higher than a slow dribble. One of her favorite
tricks to play on the gas attendant [I live in Oregon where we are deemed unable to pump
our own gas] is to spit gas at them from the fill tube if they do not heed my meticulous
emphasis on "extremely slow fill".

Is this related to the venting system as well? [Makes sense to me that it does]

Do you just run a hose downward through that hole and vent directly to the atmosphere? 

Going to spend a little time with the car tomorrow and it would be nice to get this fixed.

Thanks,
Curtis 

http://binauralaboratories.net





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