4kq fueling- tank vent help?

[Marc Swanson]

>    It's always been a fun experience, putting gas in the 4kq.  Always had to 
> run the handle at the slowest speed, and even then it would often cut off 
> from the splash long before the tank was full.
> 
>   Seems worse, lately-  I can't even lock the handle or it'll cut off right 
> away, and my old favorite trick of putting the nozzle in upside down doesn't 
> help.
> 
>   Is there a remedy for this?  I suspect inadequate venting, but I guess it 
> could just be that the filler neck to the tank is too twisty.  Doesn't 
> explain the seeming change in behavior though...


can't really explain the behavior for you, but I do have a remedy.

Put the handle in the 12 o'clock position (eg the hose pointing
upwards).  Never had a problem once I started doing that.


Later
-- 
-Marc
87' 4ktq
88' 90q
www.mswanson.com/audi