4kq fueling- tank vent help?

[Kneale Brownson]

At 05:45 PM 11/24/2003 +0000, Robert Mangas wrote:
>
>   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...

I always fill the 4kq while holding the hose handle at 3 or 9 o'clock.
Can't use the automatic lock that way, but it fills the tank.