everytime i fill up it takes like 15 minutes to do a full tank, i feel a right standing there bent over filling the car up for so long.

basically it'll fill for a while then "click" wait for the fuel to go down, fill and then click...this will go on for ages, holding the handle on the nozzle slightly so it fills up soooo slow works but takes ages.

i guess theres a breather problem somewhere, theres a "thing" attached to the down pipe that has 2 small breather pipes running off but need some thoughts first as it seems fine

what would you suggest???

 

Sounds like a blocked breather on the tank to me

 

I would suggest taking the two little pipes off at the filler neck and see if it makes it any better to fill up before dropping the tank. Be careful though as they tend to be very brittle these days.

 

I get the same problem with my orion.after about £2 its at the top of the neck.i have to very very slowly pull the pump trigger and wait

 

take the 2 pipes off at the filler neck

that sounds a good idea to me and then can see if it fills ok

thanks for the help

 

had this probelm with he BMW for a while, was told to hold the handle up side down when filling, worked for me

 

Have always had this issue (all breathers/pipes clear - even removed the main filler neck to check for obstruction). Has been the same on both mk4's ive owned, i just live with it. Tho 15mins seems a tad excessive, im usually standing there for 5 (had the car too long to still feel like a moron nowadays )

 

Is it also not down to the fact that these old things were designed for 4star fuel and the pump nozzle angle/shape was different to the unleaded design.

 

I agree with studabear. I have this same issue with the cabby. If you pull the nozzle out by about an inch so the handle drops and changes the angle it works fine.

Lee

 

well at least i know i might not be the only one with this problem, cheers guys

 

Nope defo not the only one . It's happened me before

I over filled mine once because of it ......... Probably left 10ltrs on the forecourt

 

Yep, same here