Chevy cut away chassis putting gas in

Well, this was my solution, and it may only work for me. Ckevy 6.0 fW class c. I tried all the fixes mentioned, no go. Finally, while attempting a fill up, the young guy at the next pump suggested raising the left side of the mh about 4inches, using boards, or filling at the outside pump, often tilted towards roadway, and fillup in the cool of the morning. He said thats what his dad had to do. Well, it works, a bit of a pain, (the boards), but that trickle fill up was torture.

Carl

Carl

Campincarters wrote:
Thanks everyone for you replies. It is something I will have to look at. My vent line may be blocked since I have to fill extremely slowly.

Look at the size of your filler neck hose to the tank , I'm sure its small just like the one I have on mine, I think its the nature of the beast unfortunately ;(

Thanks everyone for you replies. It is something I will have to look at. My vent line may be blocked since I have to fill extremely slowly.

Picture the cutaway chassis as delivered to the RV builder. The filler's on a bracket of some kind, pretty much lined up with the inlet to the tank. Does that sound right? Sometimes the builder leaves it about there, and I'd imagine they fill OK. On ours, the filler is moved all the way to the back of the coach, using what looks like conduit as filler and vent piping. I think it was to get away from ignition sources since the fridge and furnace are close to the original filler location. Anyhow, I was replacing the rubber parts of the lines, and decided to "clean up" the way the conduit was hung. The word "Hung" is charitable. Couple ZIP ties off something else and they called it good. When I got the lines straight and level...wouldn't fill... I had to let them go cockeyed again. Fueling nose-down helps, but it fills OK on the level again now. Look up under there and see how the fill and vent lines run. You may be able to make minor changes that make a big difference.

I have a few of the plastic non-vented gas cans. I put a "transmission funnel" in the filler neck and totally remove the cap and spout from the cans. Then pour so the opening is at the top of the liquid. Very little spills...

rockhillmanor wrote:
>>It is the 'new style' 'gas cans'.

In a storm when the power went out in a CG I went to sears to buy 2 new big gas cans so I could keep the tank full to run the gen.

I could NOT get the gas to go into the MH gas tank! It went down the side and all over me.

I brought them right back to Sears. What a joke. It' some sort of new epa laws or something like that the way the new gas cans are made now. Bottom line is they don't vent. :R

I borrowed an old gas can and it flowed right into the MH fuel tank.

I now buy up every old style gas can I find at estate sales.

Find yourself an 'old style' gas can to keep on board the RV.

Just what exactly are you smoking ? Maybe I need some of that instead of the pain pills I'm on for my back !
Where in the world did gas cans come into this thread for filling up the MH fuel tank (scratching head here) lol

>>It is the 'new style' 'gas cans'.

In a storm when the power went out in a CG I went to sears to buy 2 new big gas cans so I could keep the tank full to run the gen.

I could NOT get the gas to go into the MH gas tank! It went down the side and all over me.

I brought them right back to Sears. What a joke. It' some sort of new epa laws or something like that the way the new gas cans are made now. Bottom line is they don't vent. :R

I borrowed an old gas can and it flowed right into the MH fuel tank.

I now buy up every old style gas can I find at estate sales.

Find yourself an 'old style' gas can to keep on board the RV.

I had the same problem with my Class C, 2011 Ford E-350 chassis. Thought it was the fuel vent hose (clogged, pinched, twisted...whatever). While passing through Elkhart we stopped at the Nexus factory for some minor mods and I had them check out my fueling dilemma.

The vent hose was fine but it turns out the fuel fill hose had a twist in it from the Ford factory that restricted the flow enough that the pump would keep burping/shutting off. The boys at Nexus found the twist, pulled the hose, reinstalled it correctly and then added 5 gallons of gas just to be sure they had cured the problem.

When I asked for a bill they said "No charge. Ford's error but we should have caught it when we built your coach." {My compliments to Nexus for some first class customer service as I was not the original owner and the coach was 18+ months out of warranty}. The next day it sucked down $175 (about 48 gallons), without a single burp. Your gotta love having a 55 gallon tank... except when it is time to pay at the pump.

:B

Yep 2005 FW 23A samething !!!

Nope the vent lines are not kinked or blocked.
I had to literally hold the fuel nozzle and trickle the fuel in too.
I bet it took me a full 8 minutes to fill the tank and I had 1/4 tank when I went to fill it up..
There's no set the nozzle wash your windshield check the oil etc. You have to stand there and baby the fuel nozzle , and it doesn't matter what angle you try to put the nozzle in either !
I looked underneath and the fuel line to the 55 gal tank looks to be about 1.5 inch to maybe 2 inch... I could not believe they would install such a small filler hose to the tank !

I have a 1986 Chevy truck with an aftermarket add on crossover fill for the two fuel tanks. A previous owner had installed it. Most pumps work OK but often I will run into a pump that will only work at a slow fill or if I turn the pump handle so it is nearly upside down the fuel will flow at a normal rate. It's awkward when you have to maintain the vacuum seal for the pumps with the vapor return boots like in California.

It's possible the vent line from the tank to the fuel fill is kinked.