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On 5 Feb 2005 at 22:22, C.Rochambeau wrote: > 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". I've never seen this problem. I wonder if you have something in your fill line which has been deformed. I can fill mine at full blast, no problems. > Is this related to the venting system as well? [Makes sense to me that it does] I really don't think so. The vent is just to prevent pressure differentials in use, there's not sufficient conductance to serve well during filling. > Do you just run a hose downward through that hole and vent directly to the atmosphere? It's just a tiny hose upwards from the Tee after the overflow hose comes into the trunk. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~