[DeTomaso] Full Fuel Tank???

[Larry Weston]

I usually fill my L on the way back to the barn. 
Cheapest premium in the area is less than a mile from my house, so not much time to burn off any overfill. 
I would rather not have fuel standing in the big hoses above the tank for any extended time while the car is just sitting. 
The gauge tells me about how much I’ll need, then I listen for the change in sound as the tank fills. 

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> On Feb 24, 2022, at 9:08 PM, Dave Londry <davel at trguys.com> wrote:
> 
> Nozzles vary depending on where you live, Richard.
> Upside down works for me and shuts off.
> Dave
> 
>> On 2022-02-24 2:46 p.m., Richard Greenblum wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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
>> <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>> 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
>> ________________________________
>> 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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