Gas Tank Overflow Valve?

[STUNTS]

So, battery was dead... charged it and started it up.... noticed I was EMPTY!!!
Filled the tank with some extra 110 I had lying around...

Gas never came up and out, but noticed the big puddle below shortly after :frown

What happened? Tank was full, didn't notice ALL my gauges were on the fritz. Had I been more observant, I would have noticed all gauges weren't reading and would have performed the normal quick fix... to show exactly how much gas I had...

So, is there an overflow on our Tanks that is below the body etc....?

 

[nota4re]

No.

 

[BlackICE]

There is an overflow tube that dump excess gas below the car. It comes into play if you have gas above the flapper valve.

 

[Specracer]

My Last fill up gas guage was at E after. Sorted it self out, after a little bit.

 

[MAD IN NC]

when I first bought the car and filled it up - gas gauge was "E"... shut off, restart and 2 sec's later came up... wrote it off to battery and "new" with 8 miles.....

to date no problems outside of other gauge anomalies.... Tach freaked out once and just pegged for few seconds etc.

also learned that when filling and nozzle shuts off - STOP... any more and you'll end up with the smell of premium in the interior. As BlackIce states there is a run off above the flapper that seeps to the bottom of the fender when you push to much

 

[STUNTS]

Agreed with all above comments. It wasn't the 1st time my gauges freaked on me and I knew how to fix it... turn off, then on... always seems to work.

As far as the pump shutting off. I was using a funnel and a 5 gallon gas tank, so no automatic "CLICK" ya know :wink

But, thanks for the confirmation to there being a "Dump Hose" below the flapper... :cheers

Learn something new everyday:thumbsup

She went in yesterday for upgrades at Stillen, Pulley,Pipes & Tune... so..... wew hewwwwwwww :biggrin

 

[AtomicGT]

Stunts

keep your battery charger in the lighter port all the time and keep the battery charged. I keep mine in and never have a problem with the start.

 

[STUNTS]

Stunts

keep your battery charger in the lighter port all the time and keep the battery charged. I keep mine in and never have a problem with the start.

Lighter port??? I should know what you mean here, but..... as usual, I don't :frown

bad timmy

 

[Kayvan]

He means the OEM Ford Charger Cigarette lighter port. All cars came with one in zippered pouch; its $85 via dealers. Battery Tender jr. makes one too with adapter too for $20.

The OEM charger was derided early for its lack of status light, chip and basic design.

I think its beauty is its 25ft long cord and ease of use. I know others have chip-enabled chargers, grill-ports, and others use cables at battery; but with so many dead batteries, it seems many blow this off at times, whether its forgetting, hassle of bending down to connect @ front port or locating charger, or connecting cables.

Mine is plugged into wall-jack 24/7 and cigarette port sits on side of my garage floor; its plugged in after every drive and is part of my closedown routine: put in jack, arm alarm, cover, etc.; my Nephew even knows to hand it over when i open the door.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OEM-...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

 

[Empty Pockets]

Lighter port???

It's just above the center console on the dash. It's covered by a black rubber-like "plug". (Next to the start button if I remember right.)

 

[PL510*Jeff]

Tim - lighter port is more commonly known aka Power Port. For cell phones, radar detectors, Vbox's, GPS's, lap tops and etc.:eek

 

[STUNTS]

YOU GUYS ARE HILARIOUS.....:lol

really!!!!

YOU ALL CRACK ME UP....:rofl

Seriously though, DUH!!!!.... thanks for the info:cheers

 

[Neilda]

It's just above the center console on the dash. It's covered by a black rubber-like "plug". (Next to the start button if I remember right.)

You mean, you actually knew where the starter button was? :lol