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Offline bswilson80

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How do you fill your tank?
« on: May 23, 2013, 05:18:03 pm »
I'm in California (not sure if it differs in other states), and the vapor catching apparatus on the fuel nozzle makes it very difficult to set into the perfectly vertical fuel inlet, how do you guys deal with this problem, if it is one for anyone else?
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Offline 74 C-10 Shorty

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Re: How do you fill your tank?
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2013, 07:15:44 pm »
I usually just slide the thing back and hold it till I'm done pumping..
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Offline VileZambonie

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Re: How do you fill your tank?
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2013, 09:16:30 pm »
Is your fuel tank vented?
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Offline bake74

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Re: How do you fill your tank?
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2013, 01:03:06 pm »
     There has been other threads on this, us in Ca. Have trouble with the fuel vapor spout on the gas pumps with these older trucks.
     I have to turn it sideways and out just a little bit, which means I can not run the pump at full speed, but it will fill the tank without spilling if you go slower.
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Offline 74 C-10 Shorty

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Re: How do you fill your tank?
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2013, 01:54:16 pm »
They're a royal pain in any vehicle really.. ::)
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Offline 79gmc15

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Re: How do you fill your tank?
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2013, 07:51:27 pm »
Sometime upside down, sideways, whichever way gets it to work. Lol
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Offline 74 C-10 Shorty

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Re: How do you fill your tank?
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2013, 08:15:57 pm »
Yep, that's about it, lol...
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Offline 81_Chevy

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Re: How do you fill your tank?
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2013, 09:04:01 pm »
I have mine out halfway, and turned sideways and I rest it on the square door, so the top of the spout is facing the rear of the truck. works pretty good!
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Re: How do you fill your tank?
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2013, 08:50:32 am »
A lot of people have this problem and it's not rocket science. If the fuel tank isn't vented what's going to happen when you try to push fuel into the tank? It's going to spit back. The only alternative to venting is you then have is to put it in real slow manipulating the pump handle to allow the tank to vent when fueling.
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