How do you put gas in your tank?
 

Stupid question I know. I searched and found a few things, but nothing that really helped.

Filling up my 78 is a pain, and not just because gas prices. I can't keep the gas from overflowing every time I fill it up. It always clicks off about 1/2 second after a gallon comes spraying all over the side of the truck. Even if I go snail slow, I can't ever hear/see it coming up the fill hose like I can hear it coming up on my 01.

Here is the fuel fill in question.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4..._1500385_n.jpg

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I wonder if your vent line is plugged up or something....

I can hear mine as it gets close. At that point, I usually kneel down and pay attention to what I'm doing, but can "throttle" the pump to top it off without making a mess.

I should mention my filler neck is opened up (ie, not restricted for the "unleaded" nozzle) so I can actually see what I am doing.

K

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I read where guy's hold the nozzle up side down and some don't insert the nozzle fully.....

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The guy I bought mine from replaced the tank with another year models tank. So my fuel filler is inside the wheel well. I get some wierd looks at the pump.

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It puts the nozzle in or it gets the hose again.... :haha:


Sorry, just had to. I do the trick of holding the nozzle out a little and at a severe angle. Sucks standing there holding it, but gets the job done so much faster.

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This can't be a serious thread?

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I hold the nozzle upside down. It worked. I have no clue why, but it does.

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And if it is you sure contributed... :rolleyes: There are no stupid questions...we are here to help.


Typically the reason I would not insert the nozzle all the way is because it would continue to click off too early rather than not clicking off soon enough and over flowing.

I also wonder if your vent tube is clogged causing pressure issues.

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Had to run outside and get some pictures.
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/a...umsden/002.jpg
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/a...umsden/001.jpg
Thats the gas cap, it got busted up when the tire blew out.

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The fuel filler is way too close to level. Thats your problem.

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Dead serious thread, you probably don't have the problem on your newer truck, I never had it on our 88 K30.


I think some of you guys are misreading the problem, it fills just fine, the problem is it NEVER clicks off until after it overflows, no matter how slow, what angle I hold it at. I've seen lots of trucks with clogged vents that trip off 100 times while trying to fill up. That is not the issue here.

I do agree one problem is the fuel fill is too low and therefore the fuel fill hose is too short, this is one of the reasons I can't hear the fuel coming before it's too late and it sprays up. I filled it up using probably 1/4 flow last night and it still sprayed out with no sign of it coming.

I will check the vent hose though, thanks.

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I don't think there's anything you can do with that short neck to solve your problem, You need to trash that crap and hook the longer factory filler neck back up.

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Umm what? I still have the factory filler neck. Nothing has been changed on my truck.

The pictures Trvr posted are not mine.

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My 77 does the same thing, it doesn't spill a whole gallon but it always runs down the side of the truck if I fill her up, I'm hoping when I repaint it, it won't eat up the paint.

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Im just trying to lower my truck enough so it's easier to syphen fuel from F**ds when I find them broken along the highway :devil::devil:.

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Mine doesn't really spill a gallon, just a pint maybe:lol: I was just really angry when it did it last night because I was wearing my nice boots.

Eventually I plan on swapping to a rear tank between the frame rails and fill from the bed like I'm doing on my 67, but that won't be till I get ready to do the lq4 swap.

Re: How do you put gas in your tank?
 

i have the same problem with my '78 (tanks and filler original)

i remedy the problem by holding the nozzle only about 1/2 was into the fill orafice.



just read the problem again.


mine spills too but if i listen carefully i can hear when the fuel starts coming up the filler and i FeAtHeR it!

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That's my problem, the fill hose seems so short I can never hear it till it's too late. I've resorted to waiting till it gets to 1/4 tank, then I fill up 10 gallons and stop. I pushed it to 11 gallons last night because I was filling lucky, and got it on my boots. That's what made me post this thread.:lol:

I've been filling it at full speed till about 8 gallons, then I go to about 1/4 flow, still does it.

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Ahhh.....Sorry, Ole age is creep'n up..... :waah:

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what the heck is that canister thing in TRVR's photo?

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Broken vented fuel cap in his wheel well.

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My 76 spills as well. And with all the traffic noise, I can never hear it coming. I've resorted to not filling it all the way.

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i put mine in about 1/3 of the way. just enough that the fill nozzle will hang there. and i never ever top mine off. i estimate how much fuel i need and put in a gallon or two less. i'd rather not have eaten paint, gas on my boots, or that horrible dust/mud on the side of my truck from overflowed gas.