[DeTomaso] Full Fuel Tank???

[Asa Jay Laughton]

I might point out that most gas powered autos on the road today can have a filler hose anywhere from several inches to a few feet between where you put the fill nozzle and the gas tank itself.  I would postulate that there are a whole lot of cars driving around with fuel in the hose immediately after filling; and probably for several miles.

Imagine up to a gallon of gas in a long hose on some cars.

On my L-model Pantera, one of the first things to get replaced was that short piece of filler hose because it was cracked and would leak on fill up.  Regardless of overfilling, it would begin leaking prior to the nozzle shutting off.  -That- posed a real danger just to fill up the tank even if all I needed to do was put in a few gallons to get it up to a quarter tank, because the nozzle would -not- go in far enough to reach past the end of the rubber hose.

I’m not sure what is driving the question, but yes, you can overfill the tank on a Pantera though most folks won’t by following the advice to stop at one click (or maybe 2 :) )

Asa Jay

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> On Feb 24, 2022, at 12:56, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>    I know when filling my car, I have to manually hold the handle at a
>   specific angle or it will constantly trigger off at the slightest sense
>   of back pressure. It would be extremely hard to overfill it and the
>   pump nozzle is half way down the rubber hose already. If it is
>   overfilled the vent on the top of the tank would flow excess fuel to
>   the carbon canister if you still have it.
> 
>   The only other thing attached to the top of the tank is the fuel sender
>   unit, sealed with a rubber gasket, if it leaks fuel replace it.
> 
>   Julian
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>   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>   Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 9:11 AM
>   To: Detomaso List <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Subject: [DeTomaso] Full Fuel Tank???
> 
>   I'm wondering about the things attached to the top of the gas tank and
>   maybe below the fuel level of a full tank.
>   If the nozzle turns does not turn off until the tip of the nozzle
>   senses gasoline, then the tube and hose from the fill point to the tank
>   have to be full of gas?  I realize this is a dynamic, not static
>   situation, so does the tube and hose start to fill when the gas tank is
>   nearly full, and when the nozzle turns off, the gas settles into the
>   tank and the tube and hose are empty and maybe gas is not even to the
>   top of the tank?
>   I know these things have been around for decades and we don't see cars
>   on fire every day, so it's hard to imagine that cars are diving around
>   with rubber hoses leading from the fill point to the tank are full of
>   gas immediately after filling?
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