fuel tank vent

crossram · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 9:50 pm

was filling tank tonight and the tank was building up pressure, tank was venting but not fast enough for the flow.had to pump very slow. is there a check valve in vent hose or the fill hose or could there be a restriction somewhere?

ric · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 10:28 pm

My chap does this if you accidently get gas in the vent tube cause it overflowed (bad design of the integrated vent/fill combo). It's very NON EPA friendly how to fix the issue: Blow into the gas fill with your mouth hard and quick and move the **** out of the way. A good cup of fuel half a second later comes gushing out of the system about 3 feet out the back of the boat and usually clears up the clog in the vent tube. Continue filling as normal.

crossram · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 10:49 pm

ric i can see where your coming from. i got douched with gas when i first started to fill the tank it was like a volcano erupting

ric · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 11:14 pm

Yep, gotta be careful filling to not get any in the vent line.

LouC · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 6:09 am

On the older boats with separate vents check to make sure the vent on the outside of the boat is not clogged. They are not easy to access from the inside...

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