4kq fueling- tank vent help?

[Robert Mangas]

  That _used_ to work for me too, but today I got no joy.  I'll mess with it 
at some point and see if there's anything to be done.  Thanks for the reply!

Robert

>From: Marc Swanson <mswanson at sonitrol.net>
>Reply-To: mswanson at sonitrol.net
>To: Robert Mangas <porter_t_dog at hotmail.com>
>CC: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: 4kq fueling- tank vent help?
>Date: 24 Nov 2003 13:10:21 -0500
>
>
> >    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
>

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