RE: [Chrysler300] Gasoline overflow issue

["Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>]

I don't know 'zackly how the new nozzles work, but I'd bet they are designed
to work best when fit into the small-diameter choke orifice in modern filler
tubes.  This concentrates the rush of almost full fuel back at the nozzle
and kicks it off.  I've had a similar problem off and on with the filler on
the RHS of the rear fender on my '55 C-300.  But it has a longer filler tube
that may just kick back enough fuel to kick off the nozzle.  One might put a
restrictor plate into the fill tube and see if that helps.  Could be a
marvelous safety invention.

 

In the olden days, the nozzles were larger diameter and, perhaps, more
sensitive to back flow in the full-diameter filler tubes.

 

Safety demands vigilance when filling the thirsty Brutes.

 

Rich Barber

Brentwood, CA (105 yesterday-maybe a little cooler today.

 

From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of keboonstra
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 6:07 AM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Chrysler300] Gasoline overflow issue

 

  

Hi folks,

This is a crazy thing I can't figure either a cause or a solution for. When
I fill the gas tank on my C the automatic nozzle shutoff on the pump will
not shut off. The problem is absolute and has happened at enough different
stations that I know the problem has to be my car and not the pump. 

The only way I have found to control it is to literally put my ear to the
flow and listen for the gas as it loads up the filler tube. Am I alone with
this problem? BTW, the problem has remained even after switching from one
new tank to another new one.

Thanks.

Keith Boonstra





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