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Ok this was brought to me today by an individual reading a diesel forum that I occasonally frequent.
Fuel Tank Hapooning = moving the vent tube of the fuel tank more towards the top of the tank as to not allow fuel to flow through it as soon (shutting off the filler hose from the gas pump), allowing you to put more fuel in the tank, rather than sit there and click the handle "X" number of times to fill the tank up as much as possible.
"Harpooning" means dropping the tank, taking a razor blade, and cutting off the vent protrusion. Then your tank should fill all the way the first time, each time.
Basically was wanting to know if anyone has tried this with successful results.
The diesel guys are saying that in there 38 gallon tanks normally they would only be able to fill thier tanks to about 32-24 gallons, after doing the "Harpoon" mod they are able to almost completely fill thier tanks all the way up before the gas pump clicks off, they spend less time trying to fill the tank by cicking the handle.
Jeff - :navajo:
Fuel Tank Hapooning = moving the vent tube of the fuel tank more towards the top of the tank as to not allow fuel to flow through it as soon (shutting off the filler hose from the gas pump), allowing you to put more fuel in the tank, rather than sit there and click the handle "X" number of times to fill the tank up as much as possible.
"Harpooning" means dropping the tank, taking a razor blade, and cutting off the vent protrusion. Then your tank should fill all the way the first time, each time.
Basically was wanting to know if anyone has tried this with successful results.
The diesel guys are saying that in there 38 gallon tanks normally they would only be able to fill thier tanks to about 32-24 gallons, after doing the "Harpoon" mod they are able to almost completely fill thier tanks all the way up before the gas pump clicks off, they spend less time trying to fill the tank by cicking the handle.
Jeff - :navajo: