Gas Pump Issue

[spieg16]

Hey Guys,
Im having an issue when filling my explorer up with gas lately. The past 5 or 6 times ive gotten gas (all it different stations) ive had problems keeping the pump on consistently. It seems to be popping off every 2 seconds even if the tank is almost empty unless I put it in at a very specific angle. This never happened before and my dad mentioned to me that he had this problem once before on a different car and it was some sort of vent in the filler line but he isnt sure. Has anybody seen/experienced something like this before?


Thanks, Jason

 

[cobrapete]

Well either the pressure is building up inside so much that it's causing the valve thing-a-ma-bob inside of the gas pump nozzle or somebody put something in the filler neck. If you look inside the nozzle, you'll see the dohickey I'm talking about.

 

[corkey]

just don't put the nozzle all the way in , i can't do that on mine either, ,

 

[IZwack]

The common solution is to remove the breather line that runs parallel with the filler tube and inspect it for blockage. While you have this line disconnected, take a metal coat hanger, straighten it out, and insert it into the fuel tank through the breather line's port. Some tanks have a valve on the breather port that sometimes gets stuck in the closed position.

 

[cobrapete]

The common solution is to remove the breather line that runs parallel with the filler tube and inspect it for blockage. While you have this line disconnected, take a metal coat hanger, straighten it out, and insert it into the fuel tank through the breather line's port. Some tanks have a valve on the breather port that sometimes gets stuck in the closed position.

What he said.