View Full Version : Odd problem pumping gas.. Anyone else have this??
kenaiinaugust
02-25-2010, 07:10 PM
OK, When i'm pumping gas no matter what angle i hold the nozzle in it stops pumping as if it topped off.. I have to barely depress the handle so that it wont stop.. It takes forever to fill the tank.. If i listen closely i can here like an escaping air noise building till it stops..
Has this happened to anyone?.. any ideas?..
yeah, same thing happened to me. There's a hose on the driver rear side under the car that lets fume pressure exit the gas tank, in my case it collapsed. Check out the hose/tube, its one of the tubes running to the charcoal unit underneath the gas tank. I cut the the hose so that the pressure has somewhere to exit, not environmentally friendly solution but it worked.
kenaiinaugust
02-25-2010, 07:30 PM
yeah, same thing happened to me. There's a hose on the driver rear side under the car that lets fume pressure exit the gas tank, in my case it collapsed. Check out the hose/tube, its one of the tubes running to the charcoal unit underneath the gas tank. I cut the the hose so that the pressure has somewhere to exit, not environmentally friendly solution but it worked.
Wow thanx.. I'm not sure what im looking at under there.. Any way to get a picture or description?... So its the build up of pressure that triggers the gas pump?
Barker29
02-25-2010, 07:33 PM
If you dont want to do that i used to pump gas yes i live in that state haha but if you get a pen or something like that and stick in under the rubber part that covers your tank so that it kind of breaks the seal it does the same thing they were talking about it just gives the fumes somewhere to escape.
If you dont want to do that i used to pump gas yes i live in that state haha but if you get a pen or something like that and stick in under the rubber part that covers your tank so that it kind of breaks the seal it does the same thing they were talking about it just gives the fumes somewhere to escape.
you theta ki? same here
Barker29
02-25-2010, 07:54 PM
Its Theta Chi* my man, are you sure are
LOL if you go around correcting spelling on the internet...well you might be busy for a while. im pretty sure everyone knows that this isn't a typing tutor simulation and types accordingly. and yes, eta lambda chapter. i'm also in VA as well
Barker29
02-25-2010, 07:56 PM
Haha im not correcting typing, if you cared anything for your Fraternity you would spell the name right
..spelling a name correctly on the internet doesnt equate to how much i care about it hahaha but alright. great member you are we're proud to have you! and you did correct typing.
Barker29
02-25-2010, 07:59 PM
Haha alright guy your cool... you just spelled Chi with a K and youre talking about how good of a member i am
z0mg someone used 1 letter on the internet instead of 2...thus making the word shorter! holy hell i must be the first one to ever do this!!!!!! obviously i dont give ONE DAMN about my frat because I didn't spell out the entire word. jesus my membership should be revoked asap. and you meant you're not "your"....you obviously have 0 respect for the english language cus you didnt spell it all the way out on the internet
Barker29
02-25-2010, 08:04 PM
I didn't say you didn't give a shit i just simply said you spelled it wrong more so to make sure you weren't some poser trying to act like he was a theta chi
k well im not. *snaps fingers*. this thread title should be changed as well
Barker29
02-25-2010, 08:09 PM
Well in that case nice to see a brother on AZ and i apologize for the thread jacking
kenaiinaugust
02-25-2010, 08:09 PM
hey now.. cmon.. no thread jackin now..
What do you mean rubber part?
rnp614
02-25-2010, 08:13 PM
The above was funny.
Barker29
02-25-2010, 08:22 PM
Haha like the rubber gusset around the actual metal part of the nozzle that slips over your tank* intake
Iffff there is the rubber gusset if not you have to do what they said above and figure out a way to let it vent
kenaiinaugust
02-25-2010, 08:25 PM
Haha like the rubber gusset around the actual metal part of the nozzle that slips over your tank* intake
Iffff there is the rubber gusset if not you have to do what they said above and figure out a way to let it vent
Oh, most of the pumps in ghetto ass miami dont even have those.. that isnt the cause of my woes.. but thank you for the suggestion..
walky_talky20
02-25-2010, 08:34 PM
It sounds like a clogged tank vent valve or charcoal canister situation. Could be a valve that is clogged so it won't open or a vent line that is clogged or (as previously mentioned) has collapsed. As a quick fix you can probably just disconnect the vent line before it enters the charcoal canister and bypass the entire system - venting your poisonous earth-killing fumes directly to fresh, clean air.
kenaiinaugust
02-25-2010, 11:43 PM
It sounds like a clogged tank vent valve or charcoal canister situation. Could be a valve that is clogged so it won't open or a vent line that is clogged or (as previously mentioned) has collapsed. As a quick fix you can probably just disconnect the vent line before it enters the charcoal canister and bypass the entire system - venting your poisonous earth-killing fumes directly to fresh, clean air.
How hard are these lines and this canister to get to?.. do i need to jack up the car?
kenaiinaugust
02-26-2010, 08:03 AM
Bueler?..
Where do i find these components?
jacx920
02-26-2010, 08:54 AM
lol two nerd frat boys going at it, lets see what happens!
sicpits
02-26-2010, 08:55 AM
The problem I had was that the pump would stop at 3/4 full everytime and this happened at every Chevron station that I try to filled up at. My car is CPO, so I took it in earlier this week and they said, the charcoal canister was clogged; they replaced it and said that I shouldn't have this problem at the pump anymore.
I just got the car back yesterday, so I haven't tried to fill my gas tank yet, but here are the parts that they replaced.
CUST. STATES THE FUEL PUMP AT GAS STATIONS TURNS OFF BEFORE FUEL TANK IS FULL, STOPS AT 3/4 OF A TANK
01500000 GFF DIAG
353WARET
1 8E0-201-946-H HOSE
01320024 VISUAL DIAG
353WARET
20259999 R&R HOSE TO EVAP CANISTER
353WARET
74285 FOUND CHARCOAL FILTER CLOGGED 5052 GFF; FOUND NO DTC; R&I COVER SWAPED WITH KNOWN GOOD FILTER AND TESTED; FOUND PROBLE DID NOT RETURN; R&R HOSE AND TESTED Y.
AudiTFSI3o3
02-26-2010, 10:20 AM
Theta Pi Must Die
A4B7GA
02-26-2010, 11:09 AM
I had the same issue...I' CPO had both pumps replaced in the tank and still had issues...so they replaced my fuel tank as well.
so far so good...but I doubt it will last. I will ask them to look at the charcoal fitler next.