At 03:48 PM 10/11/98 -0400, you wrote:
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>I've noticed that the gas tank in my 1966 TR4A has no tube to vent fuel
>vapors out under the car, as I understand the original design to work.
>I'm guessing that it has a TR6 tank in it, which wouldn't be bad if the
>gas tank vented the vapors out. So my question is--does the 4-4A cap work
>that way (or does any TR's cap work that way)? If, as I suspect, it
>doesn't, then what problems should I expect with a tank that has no real
>way of venting fuel vapors? Should I attempt to retrofit a TR6 carbon
>canister to this tank?
>
>John Middlesworth
>
John,
My TR4A has no vent pipe either. From the looks of the solid rubber gasket
around the top of the fill pipe that the cap seals to I's say there's no
venting. Have had no problems in 3 years.
Jim,
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