Yes! Barry is correct. I know from personal experience. However in my
case the tank, which had collapsed down to about a 4 gallon capacity, was
"saved" by a radiator/gas tank shop for about $75. BTW new tanks are
"unobtainium", and many of the used tanks I found where already partially
collapsed or too rusty to bother with.
Reid
'79 Spitfire (original owner)
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Schwartz [mailto:bschwart@pacbell.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 10:57 AM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Fuel Tank Venting - BASIC
>When opening my fuel filler-cap, I get a major SWOOSH of air going in. Am
I
>correct in assuming that this swoosh is NOT desirable (and indicative of
>some blockage in the canisters/lines/restrictors/vapor separator)?
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Yes on both accounts. Something is blocking the "vent" and if not
corrected, you stand a very good chance of permanently collapsing the tank -
Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire (long term project)
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