Fwd: <VV> Gas fill problem

[HallGrenn at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/17/2005 11:06:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ral1963 at comcast.net writes:
I assume that there should be some sort of vent or passage to allow the
flow of gas to run smoothy down and that this little feature is either
missing or clogged.
Run a piece of garden hose down the filler neck to see if it hits any 
obstructions.  I have had problems with misaligned hoses when the PO didn't line 
things right.  On my Greenbrier the problem was me--about a month after I had 
pulled and sealed the tank with Clark's sealer and reinstalled it I had the same 
problem you're having. Because the last position the tank was in before it was 
installed was upside down a lot of the sealer had accumulated in the top.  
After installation the viscous sealant slowly seaped back down and partially 
covered the filler hole.  It took me over five minutes to fill the tank.  I used a 
scrap piece of garden hose with the metal coupling cut off to punch through 
the blockage and things worked fine again.

Bob Hall
Group Corvair
'64 Brier, '65 Corsa, 2 '68 Monzas