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missing is fuel vent pipe ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [T3] gas cap / gas tank venting > On 6 Feb 2005 at 10:30, C.Rochambeau wrote: > > > > > also *refuses* to take gas at any rate higher than a slow dribble. > > > > > 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. > > > > Would a kinked off breather hose fall in as a deformation in the fill line? > > No, I was thinking of the large diameter (~2" dia) fill line (part metal, part > hose.) Any chance that something there has gotten crushed so that there is an > obstruction in that line? > > Or could there be a small ball caught in it's throat? > > It's just so large in diameter that there's no way that it should ever impeade > the flow of gas when you're refueling. > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >