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Old 01-03-2010, 09:30 PM
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hi all just wandering what would cause a fuel tank blow back went to fill my car with fuel tonight and i could hardly get any fuel in,it keept knocking the fuel pump off or covering me with fuel :-(
i'v just rebuilt the car after a restore.
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nice sig could the breather possibly be blocked did you have the tank out
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yeah i had the tank off
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as above check breather aint blocked an u aint bent or pinched pipe on tank
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is the breather the one that comes from the tank top to the top of the filler neck??
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thats the 1 m8
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Originally Posted by turbocabessex
thats the 1 m8
ok m8 i'll take a look in the day light cheers
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id deffinately reckon the breather is blocked mate
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Originally Posted by godrikki
id deffinately reckon the breather is blocked mate
yeah....it's ether blocked or i'v blocked it by crushing the pipe some how
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Originally Posted by godrikki
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id be right in there like a tramp eating chips
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definitly a kinked breather

i done exactly the same first time fill up and it chucked fuel all over me
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Originally Posted by xr4x4rs
definitly a kinked breather

i done exactly the same first time fill up and it chucked fuel all over me
not a good start,first time i fill her up and she shoots her fuel at me i went from to this

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