Too much petrol in the tank

On this great day..21 Apr 2005 09:36:49 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk (Edward) wrote:

Thats the car windows he means ..lol Stuart

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The message from snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk (Edward) contains these words:

Yes. What's happened is that because you've parked on a slope the downpipe is now below the fuel level in the tank. During the day the fuel has outgassed a bit and presurised the tank. This blew out some fuel when you fuelishly removed the cap.

The smell of petrol can hang around for ages, but as long as it isn't overpowering it's very likely just that - a hangover rather than fresh fuel.

Drive the car - so the level goes down a bit, and don't open the tank when it's full again!

:-)

Slight chance it will have pushed petrol though the vent system into the carbon canister. The carbon canister is supposed to hold vapour not liquid. Some liquid petrol may be draining from the canister's bottom hose - usually goes into a frame box section. So one chassis rail may have a lot of fuel in it - in time it will vapourise and vent through various drain holes in the box section. The carbon canister has a vacuum operated valve on it that opens when the engine is running under load. The valve allows the engine to suck vapour from the canister. If the canister has liquid in it then it will suck liquid petrol instead of vapour. This could upset the mixture a lot for quite some time - until it has dried out the canister. If the poor running this causes is too bad to drive with, you will have to replace the canister.

Thanks for all your replies. I took her for a 30-mile spin last night and she seems fine.

Cheers, Ed

And the car? ;-)

I take it you like the word canister?

Ta, G.

The message from "G-Man" contains these words:

Plinth is good, too.

Amen to that.

Ta, G.