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05-22-2008, 03:29 AM | #1 |
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Help ! 72 won't accept fuel
I am not able to get fuel into the fuel tank on my 72 . It is a new rear mount poly tank and the filler hole is on the left rear side about 2 inches higher than the clearance light. It is well vented to the atmosphere with two seperate vent hoses and the fill pipe/hose has a smooth transition down to the tank. I can put fuel in with a gas can........but when I try to fill it at the pump gas just spits out and the nozzle keeps snapping off. Anyone have any ideas ????????
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05-22-2008, 04:00 AM | #2 |
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Re: Help ! 72 won't accept fuel
Wow that's crazy, I'm having the exact same problem. I also installed a poly tank with it vented to atmosphere on both sides. I was just searching previous threads, but found nothing specifically regarding this problom. I noticed my fill hose angles back up before dropping in the tank, could this be the problem?
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05-22-2008, 05:23 AM | #3 |
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Re: Help ! 72 won't accept fuel
you have to pull the nozzle out a bit and hold it while you pump.
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05-22-2008, 06:37 AM | #4 |
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Re: Help ! 72 won't accept fuel
That's what I have to do with my stock filler neck/tank too. I also have to monitor it while filling because it will overfill
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06-01-2008, 09:09 AM | #5 |
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Re: Help ! 72 won't accept fuel
I also am having the same problem. I went as far as removing all the filler hoses out to the side of the bed, cutting a square in the bed floor and inserting the gas nozzle directly into the 3.5" of hose attached to the neck.
I think the poly tank has some sort of restriction on the filler. Where did the other two get their tanks? I bought mine from a vendor on eBay.
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06-02-2008, 12:56 AM | #6 |
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Re: Help ! 72 won't accept fuel
Mine also has the poly tank. I bought it that way. I have to hang the noozle almost all the way out to get it to pump. It is pretty easy to overfill. The filler is in the stock location.
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03-31-2009, 04:37 PM | #7 |
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Re: Help ! 72 won't accept fuel
FYI: I just wanted to update you all on my fuel tank problem. I have tried just about everything I could think of to fix the extremely slow fuel filling problem. Including adding more venting and re-routing the fill hose on my poly tank, but nothing worked. I finally bought a used fuel tank neck off an original tank from a member of this site and used fuel hose and hose clamps attached it to the inlet of my poly tank. Now it works perfectly and I can even place the gas pump on the highest setting and let it run. I guess it just needed this part to make the correct angle around the body mount.
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03-31-2009, 06:14 PM | #8 |
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Re: Help ! 72 won't accept fuel
Any pictures?
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03-31-2009, 11:22 PM | #9 |
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04-03-2009, 12:28 AM | #10 |
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Re: Help ! 72 won't accept fuel
I had this problem using an original tank and found that the vent line from right next to the tank fill inlet was blocked. Once I cleared it, the gas filled just fine. Check your vents!
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