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Silver flap thing

94grandprix

94grandprix

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My little silver floppy thing that is at the top of the kneck that moves when you put the gas tank pump in is bent,will it hurt anything,can I still top my car off and gas not come out?
 


A gas can,I was low and a friend brought me some gas and his nozzle had ridges on it and it got hung and hopefully it won't come up
 


Shouldn't. I work at a gas station and I've had to fill lawnmowers for a few elderly people that didn't want to spill any gas. The second the gas hit the end of the nozzle it would shut off. If you're nervous about it just stand there on your next fill up with your hand hovering over the trigger in case it doesn't stop. Also if you have a trigger that locks at certain flow rates you can set it to the slowest one so if it does overfill it won't immediately dump a bunch of gas. You can hear when it starts getting close to full because the sound of the gas going into the tank changes and becomes more audible.
 
When a nozzle is in the filler neck, that little "flap" is depressed anyway, so it being bent isn't going to affect whether the gas stops or not. The pump/nozzle will kick off when the end of the nozzle becomes submerged in gasoline, the resistance it causes to the fuel flow is what clicks the automatic fill off.(Remember this, so that next time that f#cker keeps kicking off every time you set it, pull the nozzle out an inch or two and start it again, the fuel isn't flowing down the filler neck quick enough, it causes resistance and kicks off, so giving the fuel more space helps remedy the situation.

Now, some filler necks on newer vehicles have another flap further down in the hose that is on a center axis, these are what prevents most people from shoving a hose down in your gas tank and siphoning your hard earned gas out.

So, forget about the stupid flap up at the top, infact, on my jeep and my mazda truck I ripped that f#cker out so I could use a gas can without the **** spilling out.
 
94grandprix said:
Lol but I was talking about driving
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look, unless you flip it upside down, your not gonna get gas out of the filler neck, especially since your cap will be on right? ...and if you find yourself upside down....whether or not your losing precious fuel probably wont be the first thing on your mind.
 


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