fueling up with my Flareside....

[5.0Flareside]

ok this has been bugging me for well ever since i got my truck in January of 09... how many other people have problems with getting gas in there Flaresides? i have to put the nozzle at a really cockeyed angle and only let it flow bout half speed or else itll shut off like its full.. now is it just how the fuel filler hose is angled or is it something wrong... i have looked at the hose but it dont look kinked up or anything... any ideas???

 

[loblaw]

Gas in flareside

I have the same problem with my 93, I just replaced the rear tank and there is a 3/4" hose inside the filler tubes. My intention is to leave this inner hose out to see what happens. I may have to put a spring from a radiator hose inside to keep the filler tube from collapsing.

 

[wizzard351]

you need to leave that inner hose in there,its an air vent! gas goes in air has to come out. chris im bettin that the weird angle you need to put the nozzle in at is so the flow of gas dont cover the vent tube,some one might have had the tank out at one time and not put things like ford intended

 

[Truckin4life]

I have some issues fueling sometimes as well...
Im curious if you take that black hose out and cut top of the filler neck where the little hole is for the gas nozzle out, like it is on the old trucks. just one big tube gas goes in air goes out, all is good.....

Would that work?

 

[SuperCab]

not necesarily. The '74 is like that and it's a pain to fuel up.


so is the suburban though. go fig...

 

[1985 Ford F-150]

My 85 sometimes needs to have the nozzle out a hair or itll shut the pump off.

 

[Truckin4life]

my 95 is like that, it needs to be out maybe 1/4" to half inch and its fine...

 

[john112deere]

I have some issues fueling sometimes as well...
Im curious if you take that black hose out and cut top of the filler neck where the little hole is for the gas nozzle out, like it is on the old trucks. just one big tube gas goes in air goes out, all is good.....

Would that work?

I believe (though I've only experienced it on OBD2 vehicles- not sure about the older ones) that it'll trip a check-engine light.

The filler tube on my Escort rotted out at the top (effectively creating a hole right at the top of the neck) and it threw a code for "Gross Leak" in the evaporative emission system.

 

[Alvin in AZ]

believe (though I've only experienced it on OBD2 vehicles- not sure about
the older ones) that it'll trip a check-engine light.

The filler tube on my Escort rotted out at the top (effectively creating a
hole right at the top of the neck) and it threw a code for "Gross Leak" in
the evaporative emission system.

Yeah but.
That's not the same pipe tho.
He's talking about the ~1" black-plastic-inner-pipe that would
not cause any to-the-outside leak.

I'd like to know more about what Wizz's experience is with this!
I'm fixin' to tear into all that stuff this weekend.

And I'm wondering for Freak, if at-night, a guy with a flashlight
could see that inner pipe is still connected or not?

Alvin in AZ

 

[D427COBRA]

I don't think you'll be able to see it with a flashlight. The only way I think you will be able to see is disconnect the fill hose at the tank and see if that end is still connected, then do the same on filler neck side. I had the same problem on my "86 and I ended up breaking the little flapper off the filler neck and it seemed to help. Good Luck.

 

[Alvin in AZ]

I didn't get a chance to go check it out at night yet, I've had company.
Can't see why the flapper door would change anything, on or off. {shrug}

I do know one thing that makes a difference on my '75 Dent tho!
Getting gas at the older stations that are built on a "hump".
Park so the truck tilts -away- from the pump. No kidding, try it.

I know there isn't much difference when you step back and look at it but for
sure if you try it at a station that tilts the side of the truck toward the pump,
that's when you notice the big difference it really does make.

There for awhile the pump-nozzle-pipes where straight in the middle and only
bent near the handle. Boy that was a stupid design! LOL Ever experience
that one?

Alvin in AZ

 

[D427COBRA]

LOL, you can do whatever you want. However, with the little flapper door removed. The vent hose in the neck vents faster because there is no obstruction. If you look at it you see two holes a big one and a little one. The big one is self explanatory, the little one is the vent hole. Good Luck.

 

[Alvin in AZ]

Took the rear tank out of the '91 F150 and found the black plastic (inner)
pipe loose and rattling around in the bottom of the tank. The ends were
worn and battered it'd been that way for years! The pickup's only got 75k
miles on it, the rest of it is like new.

The fuel went into that tank ok, much better than my '75 F150's rear tank
ever did at least but not "perfect" either. Went and got gas in the Bronco
with that same '91 F150's rear tank installed with the black plastic inner
hose laying on the ground at home and the little flapper door in the scrap
metal drum.

Gas went into it fine! Ok? Not saying it couldn't be better somewhere
somehow, just saying IME none of that stuff is -needed- for filling it.

Alvin in AZ
ps- BTW, at night with a flashlight a guy can see if that black plastic pipe
is connected or not.