Filling the gas tank

kellertx5er wrote:

DFord wrote:
If you can get at the fuel fill tube between the outside wall and the tank, check to make sure it and the vent hose are both slanted upwards toward the filler door. It sounds like the vent hose may have an kink preventing it from allowing air to exit the tank when gasoline is entering.

Fuel tanks for the last several decades have not had 'vent hoses'. Fuel systems are sealed for emission and safety reasons. Displaced air must escape through the filler neck.

Perhaps it's just a question of semantics, but there still is a vent hose (separate from the fill hose) that terminates at the filler neck. Blockage or other trouble with this vent hose will cause problems in filling the tank.