Need to vent ( Gas Cap )
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Instructor
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From: HOUSTON , TEXAS , USA
Need to vent ( Gas Cap )
Removed cannister today on '74. Line is plugged to gas tank. Can I just drill small hole in cap. If so, all the way through or just bottom part? Thanks in advance.
Drifting
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Re: Need to vent (CORKYVET)
I've heard that this can be done, but I don't know how big to drill the hole... you can buy vented gas caps though......beware, I read a post on here a few months back about a vented cap that failed and caused the tank to implode.....
Why have you removed the cannister????
Just curious because I'm having real trouble with mine--the valve on the tank has gone west and it's siphoning gas through the cannister.......since I can't find a new valve (and I also have to replace the steel line because it's corroded).....I might have to use a vented cap and plug the line at the tank...though I'm not too keen on a possible leak over my exhaust..........
Why have you removed the cannister????
Just curious because I'm having real trouble with mine--the valve on the tank has gone west and it's siphoning gas through the cannister.......since I can't find a new valve (and I also have to replace the steel line because it's corroded).....I might have to use a vented cap and plug the line at the tank...though I'm not too keen on a possible leak over my exhaust..........
Pro
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From: Now Frozen in Michigan
Re: Need to vent (standup)
......beware, I read a post on here a few months back about a vented cap that failed and caused the tank to implode.....
The so called 'vented' cap I purchased only allowed pressure to escape, not allowing air to return and equalize the tank. So I removed the check valve assy (easy access) on the bottom of the cap.
And if fuel happens to purge under pressure, it's routed down around the underside of the cap, (by cap design) and will take the same route as an overfill spill. This seemed like the best solution to me. :chevy
Drifting
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From: Canberra AUSTRALIA
St. Jude Donor '05-'06
Re: Need to vent (CORKYVET)
Before you drill that cap check ou the replacement price.
You may be better off buying a new cap and selling that Vented Cap to someone.
PS If it is not an original cap then DRILL away!
You may be better off buying a new cap and selling that Vented Cap to someone.
PS If it is not an original cap then DRILL away!
Le Mans Master
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From: Myrtle Beach SC
Re: Need to vent (CORKYVET)
Removed cannister today on '74. Line is plugged to gas tank. Can I just drill small hole in cap.
This suggestion may be a bit foreign but why not "de-plug" the line and make it work like it was intended? The system is designed to be a closed system with the vacuum sucking the gas vapor back into the combustion cycle. I don't recall if 74 has the liner (may have been 75) but the vented gas cap compromises the effectiveness of the system designed to be sealed.
Nothing more obnoxious at a meet with shiney, polished Corvettes than the smell of gasoline...that could have been averted by the owner doing the proper repairs rather than the bubba approach! Don't mean to offend but it is easily fixable with the problem probably in the cannister.
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Safety Car
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From: Okeechobee Florida
Re: Need to vent (hunt4cleanair)
when i rebuilt my engine i did it as in the "old days"...
no smog junk...just an old fashioned, hot rod type small block with headers etc...i removed my can too...
i remember whenever i removed my cap to gas up it would purge a huge sucking sound...
sometimes if i hadnt removed the cap to gas up in a while it seemed to be starving for fuel under acceleration as well...
i drilled a 1/16" hole thru the top layer only of the cap...
i could then suck AND blow (with my mouth) thru the top of the cap...
its been great ever since...
no ,more "starving" and no more "pressure" sound when removing the cap to gas up...
no smog junk...just an old fashioned, hot rod type small block with headers etc...i removed my can too...
i remember whenever i removed my cap to gas up it would purge a huge sucking sound...
sometimes if i hadnt removed the cap to gas up in a while it seemed to be starving for fuel under acceleration as well...
i drilled a 1/16" hole thru the top layer only of the cap...
i could then suck AND blow (with my mouth) thru the top of the cap...
its been great ever since...
no ,more "starving" and no more "pressure" sound when removing the cap to gas up...
Race Director
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From: Living in the Hartland
Re: Need to vent (SIGNGUY)
when i rebuilt my engine i did it as in the "old days"...
no smog junk...just an old fashioned, hot rod type small block with headers etc...i removed my can too...
i remember whenever i removed my cap to gas up it would purge a huge sucking sound...
sometimes if i hadnt removed the cap to gas up in a while it seemed to be starving for fuel under acceleration as well...
i drilled a 1/16" hole thru the top layer only of the cap...
i could then suck AND blow (with my mouth) thru the top of the cap...
its been great ever since...
no ,more "starving" and no more "pressure" sound when removing the cap to gas up...
no smog junk...just an old fashioned, hot rod type small block with headers etc...i removed my can too...
i remember whenever i removed my cap to gas up it would purge a huge sucking sound...
sometimes if i hadnt removed the cap to gas up in a while it seemed to be starving for fuel under acceleration as well...
i drilled a 1/16" hole thru the top layer only of the cap...
i could then suck AND blow (with my mouth) thru the top of the cap...
its been great ever since...
no ,more "starving" and no more "pressure" sound when removing the cap to gas up...
Safety Car
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From: Okeechobee Florida
Re: Need to vent (Fevre)
actually, thinking back, i dont even think it was 1/16"...
it was like the smallest bit i had in the box...
i used to get a big, long wooshing sound...that cant be good!
now...no more sound or pressure!
it was like the smallest bit i had in the box...
i used to get a big, long wooshing sound...that cant be good!
now...no more sound or pressure!
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Instructor
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From: HOUSTON , TEXAS , USA
Re: Need to vent (CORKYVET)
SIGNGUY - I'm looking at my cap and I can not see where drilling through the top layer will relieve anything. Appear's it is all sealed from the tank. Anyway to explain?
