Working on a 2003 Nissan Senta spec v. When adding fuel, fuel over flows the tube. I'm guessing this has to do with a venting issue. I'm guess there is a blockage keeping air from venting as new fuel is added. Anyone know where I can find out where my blockage is? Or a diagram of the fuel tank and filler assembly.
2007-08-22 16:20:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Newer cars like your Nissan have a fuel line at the top of the tank that runs to a charcoal filled canister. This line may have become pinched somewhere. This is what I would check first.
Good luck!
2007-08-22 16:33:26 · answer #1 · answered by Doug K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
99 times out of 100 it is the nozzle at the fuel station that needs replacement and the problem is not your fill port.
These nozzles have a vacuum shut off device that only takes so much wear and tear before they start to fail. The life expectancy of a nozzle is only a few hundred thousand gallons or less if the nozzle is dropped a few dozen times on the concrete. I replaced mine at least once a year in a small station that pumped about a half million gallons a year for company vehicles.
If the gasoline continuously backs up in the fill tube and splashes back on you, then it is a design flaw with the car and you will have to use the slowest setting to pump the gas at a lower pressure or volume.
Many older model cars and trucks (1970-1990's) did this but I'm sure that there is new and improved bad engineering out there somewhere.
Good Luck!
2007-08-22 16:45:24 · answer #2 · answered by CactiJoe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must remove the filler neck.best to jack the car up from the filler neck side,so that all fuel goes to the other side.
if you cannot see a seperate tube approx1\4th the size of the filler neck;then it will have a plastic tube inside the filler neck.being plastic you will see if it was or is kinked.
just a hint... if a throttle return spring is stretched to the length of the vent tube and inserted into it.it will not crush or kink.(and people think that mechanics are dumb)
2007-08-22 16:45:34 · answer #3 · answered by blowmymind 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look under the car there should be a vent hose coming from the fill tube to the gas tank take it off and check it that would be my guess most likely it is bad
2007-08-22 16:32:58 · answer #4 · answered by Dale (aka drc40m) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the adventure that your automobile became into in a smash possibly they have your gas filler hose kinked or your vent line interior the neck, a interior of sight bodyshop could have the skill to respond to your question, purely a wager, the two that or attempt filling it slower
2016-11-13 05:26:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋