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Brad777
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Apr 15, 2014

Gasoline Evaporation of 3/4 gallon per week ???????

I have a 1995 Bounder with a 75 gal. gas tank. I am loosing about 3/4 gal. of fuel every week because of what I think is evaporation. I have looked for leaks and find none. I followed the vent tube from the gas tank back to the gas cap area and it looks in tack. The vent tube is a closed loop next to the main gas fill hose. The generator does draw off of the main fuel tank but I don't see any problems with it. I also tried to seal off the gas cap very tight with saran warp to stop the evaporation and that did nothing ? Is it possible that this is normal amount of evaporation ? My climate in So. California is about 75 -85 degrees. Any help on this question would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Brad

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  • Tom N wrote:
    Have you considered someone syphoning you gas??

    II bit my tongue but gave up.
    SERIOUSLY someone siphoning 3/4 gallon every week!

    On the other hand I have never thought about how much I lose in a week. But the difference could be remotely related to temperature as gas expands and contracts. MY follow up question to the OP is "Is the loss cumulative so 3/4 this plus 3/4 more next week so that after a while you have lost 3 or 6 gallons."