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don_b1
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014

Filling up gas tank problems

I am having a problem filling my Workhorse chassis gas tank. Let me start off saying it always was a little slow to fill, had to find the happy point of correct angle and correct flow speed. This last attempt took me a half hour to put in 15 gallons, kept shutting off every time I pulled the trigger and did back splash twice on me. It was a level location at Sam's Club and never had this happpen this bad. I had a mobile mechanic come to my home and pull the entire gas fill tube, 9 feet, and vent tube off, ran air and a rubber hose through the lines and was determined there was no obstruction. He also visually checked inside the tank and saw nothing that would cause the back up. He did feel that there was possibly not enough of an angle to allow the gas to flow freely into the tank, which I agree that the angle is slight. He took the last portion of the fill assembly( 1 foot piece where nozzle is inserted) and is going to try to find one with a shorter angle that would provide more of a down hill slope. It seems to make sense but just curious if anyone else has or had this problem and have you found a solution. I might add that I first suspected a faulty nozzle on the pump but I returned with my truck and used it and it worked fine. I know one way would help and that would be to raise back end with my jacks but that wold be a last resort. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. I have owned this MH for about 8 years and this has just developed. I might add that the tank is not full, should have been able to add a total of about 50 gallons. Thank you, Don.
  • We had this type of problem on the last motorhome we had. I discovered, finally, that there was a dip in the vent line. Took the dip out of the line and problem was solved.

    Ed
  • With the price of fuel these days, It just wants you to think that you're gettin more for your money. ;-)
  • Friend who had a similar problem a while back got to poking around in the filler neck with a piece of clothes hanger wire and found that somebody had stuffed a rubber glove in there on top of the anti-theft spring, which blocked the filler neck enough to cause the problem. When he pulled the rubber glove out, the problem was solved.
  • I had the same problem. One of the ties broke and the vent tube slipped below the level of the fill tube. The tank won't fill if it can't exhaust the air. I moved the vent line to the upper side of the fill tube and retied it.

    Problem solved.

    Jon
    92 Ultrastar 339TB
    5.9 Cummins, MC16-FD Oshkosh