Re: [FWDLK] How to best avoid Gasoline spewing out the filler??

["Edward X. Petrus" <desoto@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I carry a piece of an inner tuber, about 12" square, with a hole cut out of
it.  When I go to a gas station, I slip the section over the filler neck
end.  That leaves the rest shaped like a funnel.  If any gas spills, it's
away from the vehicle.  Then I just pull it off and go!

Ed Petrus


At 07:25 PM 12/16/2004, Ray Jones wrote:
> I used to hate them in the early 50's, working in a gas station. Remember
> them? You sat in your car while some other dummy (me) struggled with the
> "Filler up's".
> It seems to me that you could take off the tank, install a nipple on the
> top, and run a vent howe up into a fender well. This would require a
> safety valve end, in case of a roll over, but it would relieve the trapped
> air so it wouldn't burp back thru the filler.
>
> I know we wished Chrysler had taken the designers of that particular area
> out to the parking lot and made them fill up a thousand cars each. Bet
> they'd thought about everything a little longer after that!
>
> Regards, Ray

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