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Necoa #: 5459
Location: Hickman, NE
Joined: May 22, 2005
Posts: 23
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:03 am Post subject: GAS PROBLEMS
hey guys, when I'm filling my car with gas and i stick the nozzle thing into the tank and turn it on it will run for about 3 gallons and then shut off, this is when i just let it fill up itself. the gas is coming back up the pipe and tripping the shutoff thing on the nozzle, and it does this when i have only put like 3 gallons in. I'm not sure if the pump is pumping to fast and the gas isn't getting into the tank fast enough and its backing up. another thing is at my local gas station there is a pump and there is a slight decline in the pavement away from the pump so my car angle down from the pump, which i think make the gas flow into the tank faster, and at that pump it will go for about 6 or 7 gallons before shutting off.
Is this normal for these older El Camino's?? _________________ Ben
81' El Camino
Necoa #: 5386
Location: 18(N.CA,N.NV)
Joined: May 10, 2005
Posts: 432
Year: 1981
Model: El Camino
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject:
all older cars I have owned do this, I believe it is related to th filler neck and how easily the neck back fills with fluid while pumping. I find that if I just let mine pump its own, it cuts out constantly, if I raise the nozzle more vertically, I have very little trouble keeping it flowing. _________________ San Jose, CA
1st 1981 conquista elky (Vixen is her name)
Bought May 2005
305 w/ TH350
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