briteboy
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- 2011 Explorer XLT+Nav,MFT
Nation,
Had an occassion to add some gas to the Ex this past weekend from a 5 gallon gas can.
You can't do it....(without a LOT of jerry-rigging)
The filler tube has a "pivot door" that flips back when you put a fuel nozzle in. This pivot door is locked until the fuel nozzle is inserted. I guess it's to prevent siphoning, adding other "additives" that could be harmful.
But if you're unlucky enough to be stranded on the side of the road and want to add fuel from a gas can you better be prepared. Luckily, I was at home and had the tools to create a temporary repair.
On the sides of the filler tube, there are 2 mechanical sensors that recess when a fuel nozzle is inserted, as the filler tube and the nozzle are the same diameter. This unlocks the pivot door.
I took a plastic funnel and cut the bottom end off, until the funnel and the filler tube were the same diameter. That released the the 2 mechanical sensors. But the weight of the gas itself did not open the pivot door, nor did the nozzle of the gas can, as it was not long enough, or small enough to reach the bottom of the funnel tube. So I took a long screw driver, and shoved it thru the funnel, thus opening the pivot door in the filler tube.
Gas flowed nicely with no leakage.
It seems a shame that if you run out of gas on the side of the road, you'll have to have a flat bed come and take you to a station.
Just wanted to share that tid-bit. I know most of you will never use this, but for $1.50 for a plastic funnel it might be worth the effort.
Had an occassion to add some gas to the Ex this past weekend from a 5 gallon gas can.
You can't do it....(without a LOT of jerry-rigging)
The filler tube has a "pivot door" that flips back when you put a fuel nozzle in. This pivot door is locked until the fuel nozzle is inserted. I guess it's to prevent siphoning, adding other "additives" that could be harmful.
But if you're unlucky enough to be stranded on the side of the road and want to add fuel from a gas can you better be prepared. Luckily, I was at home and had the tools to create a temporary repair.
On the sides of the filler tube, there are 2 mechanical sensors that recess when a fuel nozzle is inserted, as the filler tube and the nozzle are the same diameter. This unlocks the pivot door.
I took a plastic funnel and cut the bottom end off, until the funnel and the filler tube were the same diameter. That released the the 2 mechanical sensors. But the weight of the gas itself did not open the pivot door, nor did the nozzle of the gas can, as it was not long enough, or small enough to reach the bottom of the funnel tube. So I took a long screw driver, and shoved it thru the funnel, thus opening the pivot door in the filler tube.
Gas flowed nicely with no leakage.
It seems a shame that if you run out of gas on the side of the road, you'll have to have a flat bed come and take you to a station.
Just wanted to share that tid-bit. I know most of you will never use this, but for $1.50 for a plastic funnel it might be worth the effort.