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My '57 Chrysler does that too. I'm guessing at a few things. First is the lack of a fuel tank vent system. The second is that filler neck is wide open and doesn't have the unleaded restrictor that modern filler necks have. Third is the angle and depth of the filler neck into the tank. The air and fuel pressures in the tank reach the critical point in a hurry. The pump nozzle is sitting in that wide open filler pipe and doesn't sense any pressure build up until its too late.
I've had some luck with a pause and a quick bumper shake to burp the tank. Sometimes I still guess wrong...
Jim Krausmann
Detroit
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> OK, so I have only had my '59 Dodge for 2.5 years, but I still get drenched in
> gasoline from time to time (not to mention getting gas on the side of teh car).
>
> The only way I can avoid having gas spew out the filler and all over me and the
> car is to 1) fill the tank excruciatingly slowly, and 2) don't try to fill the
> tank more than half-3/4 full (good guess when that is!) or 4) if its quiet
> outside, listen carefully to the sound of the fuel going in and when it starts
> to get full the pitch of the fuel flowing into the tube gets higher...so STOP.
> (of course, invariably someone walks up to me and starts asking questions about
> the car while I am filling and distracts me, and BLAM! gas comes pouring out
> the filler) or 4) only go to gas stations t!
hat have a good "vapor recovery
> shield" around the end of the nozzle so that you can jam it up against the
> filler tube so that it seals the connection between the gas nozzle and filler
> neck so that no gas can splash out.
>
> Are there any better ways? Why is it that these cars are so prone to this
> problem? (or is it just me?). Any modifications to the tank or tube to prevent
> this?
>
> Thanks,
> Lou
>
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