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Old 05-09-2015, 07:22 PM
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Ok so I have a spectra gn tank with a racetronix 340lph with corvette filter/reg. when car is at an idle with 3/4 tank fuel comes out of the vent hose for tank. I need some sort of valve to allow proper venting with out letting fuel escape . tried plugging it for now but car runs like **** so then I took off gas cap to get home and fuel will come out of filler neck when you accelerate. . So finally put cap on loose just to get home. I think fuel is being returned to tank at such a rate as to push it out the vent . Also sucks to fill up . Keeps clicking off or overflowing . Does anybody have a fix for this?
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I don't know how long your vent tube is, but here is some good info.
http://www.tanksinc.com/index.cfm?ptype=results&Category_ID=160&home_id=-1&mode=cat
Says to get it up higher than the filler neck. Bad venting will cause it to fill slow too.
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What Troz said^^^^^^^
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I ordered a vent valve from tanks inc just have to fig out where to put it . Not many places I can put higher than filler neck. Then there is the poor filling. Burns my *** that they continue to sell these tanks with this problem.. I'm thinking of buying a new one from rockauto and modifying it , then swapping them out.
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The new style tanks inc tanks put the vent high (like it is supposed to be)- like this one http://www.tanksinc.com/index.cfm/pa...rod/prd457.htm You can see it on the center of the pump cut out area. I am using the II Much vent with my vaproworx tank and haven't had any issues.
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My vent tube is on racetronix sending unit . I think once I put valve on vent line , it might be ok. Then I will have to solve the slow filling



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