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car barn Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2008 Posts: 137 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:26 pm Post subject: I have a problem with gas |
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My filler neck is on an angle that makes it difficult to fill the tank. See pictures. There's a low spot where the fuel pools up. Can the fill neck be bent? I've tried adjusting tubes and hoses many times but the angle on the tank and the angle on the filler cause this low spot.
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RWK Samba Member
Joined: June 24, 2009 Posts: 1337 Location: S.W. MI
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Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:33 am Post subject: Re: I have a problem with gas |
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Doesn't quite look right to me, center pipe looks wrong, maybe flip it end to end? they don't fill good anyway, try raising the vent tube higher also, here's pics of mine, all old original
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wbailey2112 Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 482 Location: Grove City, OH
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Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:43 am Post subject: Re: I have a problem with gas |
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Looks like the main fill tube/pipe is too long. You're trying to cram it in between the tank and the filler neck and in the process causing it to have a rise in the middle of the length of the pipe. I think if you can shorten it you'll reduce the backflow tendency (you won't eliminate completely since they all tend to slosh a bit). _________________ '74 Thing
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concpt Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2018 Posts: 27 Location: Powder Springs, GA
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Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: I have a problem with gas |
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I think I still have tone I took off my car. I'll measure it if I can find it quickly and let you know the length. |
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tyiii Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2007 Posts: 49 Location: Norfolk, VA
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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2019 6:44 am Post subject: Re: I have a problem with gas |
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Is your metal filler pipe backwards ? |
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HMVWNAB Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2006 Posts: 1067 Location: Sunshine State
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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2019 3:08 pm Post subject: Re: I have a problem with gas |
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tyiii wrote: |
Is your metal filler pipe backwards ? |
I was thinking that also, the ridges face same way on mine
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car barn Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2008 Posts: 137 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2019 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: I have a problem with gas |
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I guess I'll just keep messing with it.
If I pump real slooooooow it's okay. |
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concpt Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2018 Posts: 27 Location: Powder Springs, GA
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: I have a problem with gas |
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Check your vent line also to ensure that it is not kinked or blocked. The air rushing out can cause those problems as well.. |
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RWK Samba Member
Joined: June 24, 2009 Posts: 1337 Location: S.W. MI
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: I have a problem with gas |
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also vent line needs to be higher then fill, it may have gas in it, blocking air evacuation. _________________ 73 Type 181
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 5:48 am Post subject: Re: I have a problem with gas |
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Is it an aftermarket tank? The crappy new tanks have a filler neck located too high & at the wrong angle which causes this issue. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
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car barn Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2008 Posts: 137 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 6:26 am Post subject: Re: I have a problem with gas |
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TDCTDI wrote: |
Is it an aftermarket tank? The crappy new tanks have a filler neck located too high & at the wrong angle which causes this issue. |
Yeah, it is.
I think you're spot on. |
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