69 350/350 inline fuelfilter, vent nipple
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69 350/350 inline fuelfilter, vent nipple
Good Friday to all corvette owners. I want to drive my vette this weekend, i have ordered an inline fuelfilter a repoduction from paragon it want be here untill abought tuesday, but i have an inline filter, it jsut dont have the vent line nipple on it. My question is if i do not hookup that vent line will i have a problem with fuel coming out of that line, should i leave it open or plug it off? thanks everyone. firstvette69
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Hi f69,
I'd think you should plug the line running from the tank to the filter to make sure no fuel will be able to splash high enough in the tank to come out the vent line.
Regards,
Alan
I'd think you should plug the line running from the tank to the filter to make sure no fuel will be able to splash high enough in the tank to come out the vent line.
Regards,
Alan
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Thanks Alan, Thought i might be ok. I also noted that the gas cap is vented, so yep ill cap off that line because like the harley commercial I want to drive, I want to drive, oooooh its I want to ride Lol.Thanks again firstvett69 and loving it.
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vent line
Yes, definately cap it off. When I first bought my '69 everytime I filled the tank I could smell gasoline. About the second time I filled I drove a couple blocks and stopped at a Starbucks for coffee. When I came out the was a significant stream of gas that was running down the sloped parking lot and under adjacent cars. There was enough fuel that I called the fire department to come and soak up the fuel as well as strand by in case some idiot tossed a cigarette on the ground. Scary. I immediately realized I had to block off that vent line. It was apparenlty abandoned when the previous owner changed out the carb and fuel pump.
