[DeTomaso] Full Fuel Tank???

[Richard Greenblum]

The best way to refuel mine is to insert the nozzle upside down, despite
some stations having a sticker that says not to.  I do have to watch the
level because I don't believe the auto-cutoff works with it upside down.

Richard
Austin, TX

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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of
Julian Kift
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 2:55 PM
To: Detomaso List <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>; Ken Green
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Full Fuel Tank???

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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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 9:11 AM
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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?