Problem filling fuel tank? Or...
12-12-2012 | 12:17 PM
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I did find an alternative to that little clip that lets you walk away while the tank fills. Patronize a new/old establishment called a surrvis stachun [sp?]. They have minions who dash up cheerfully and clean your windshield as well as filling your tank with liquid fuel. Charming. Unfortunately, I think the business concept is a local custom of one of the quaint towns I visited on this trip. I've only seen the one example in Pebble Beach, California along a pretty lane they call "17-Mile Drive" and I suppose it wouldn't be worth driving there from my home 328 miles away.
Gary
12-19-2012 | 10:38 AM
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I went to the dealer to see about the adapter mentioned previously but he said he had not heard about such a thing so I gave him the part number and he couldn't find it either-clains they haven't encountered this problem before.
I checked out the Suncoast website and that part number didn't work for them either.
Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated as I am fed up with either not being able to fill the tank or having fuel spill down the side.
I checked out the Suncoast website and that part number didn't work for them either.
Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated as I am fed up with either not being able to fill the tank or having fuel spill down the side.
12-19-2012 | 11:42 AM
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12-19-2012 | 12:07 PM
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I went to the dealer to see about the adapter mentioned previously but he said he had not heard about such a thing so I gave him the part number and he couldn't find it either-clains they haven't encountered this problem before.
I checked out the Suncoast website and that part number didn't work for them either.
Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated as I am fed up with either not being able to fill the tank or having fuel spill down the side.
I checked out the Suncoast website and that part number didn't work for them either.
Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated as I am fed up with either not being able to fill the tank or having fuel spill down the side.
Gary
12-19-2012 | 12:44 PM
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I went to the dealer to see about the adapter mentioned previously but he said he had not heard about such a thing so I gave him the part number and he couldn't find it either-clains they haven't encountered this problem before.
I checked out the Suncoast website and that part number didn't work for them either.
Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated as I am fed up with either not being able to fill the tank or having fuel spill down the side.
I checked out the Suncoast website and that part number didn't work for them either.
Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated as I am fed up with either not being able to fill the tank or having fuel spill down the side.
12-20-2012 | 12:20 PM
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Thanks for the info Carl! I might do that ... but I also have to echo some earlier comments. If you turn the nozzle 90 degrees while filling, it will fill all the way up before shutting off. Even in California...
12-24-2012 | 07:15 PM
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Gary: I have the same question as Mike. But, in any case, these CA 'vapor recovery' gizmos are a big PITA. In our cars I found that twisting the nozzle 90 deg clockwise from the usual transversal/down position (i.e., aligning the main plane of the nozzle with the front-back direction of the car) helps. And yes, never overfill, as it contaminates the emissions back-flow system.
J
