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Old 03-18-2015, 08:14 PM   #12
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Re: Pressure In Fuel Tank When Removing Gas Cap

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Originally Posted by rich weyand View Post
If the weather is nice, they are always going to push air. When you filled it, the gasoline coming out of the ground was at 55*. Warm it up, it will expand.

A couple of 1/16" holes is plenty. I fill mine to the top, and the only time I ever have any leakage is if I stop with very full tanks pointed uphill on my 13* driveway slope.
Great to know about the size; I was leery of going over something like 1/64th. Thanks very much for the reply.

Jerry
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