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Fuel tank plumbing to the cap
axle - 4/6/15 at 03:21 PM

Hi All

What would be the remedy to this, the pump pressure at the filling station is too high when I am filling up my tank I have too be very careful to operate pump very slowly otherwise the pump cuts out.

[Edited on 4/6/15 by axle]


prawnabie - 4/6/15 at 03:26 PM

Pretty much standard on a seven I'm afraid! Ideally you would need to change the position of the fuel cap to make the problem better


coozer - 4/6/15 at 03:30 PM

You need a 1" breather from the top of the tank to the top of the neck, this allows the fuel coming in too push the air out.

Standard arrangement on all tin tops.


Chris_Xtreme - 4/6/15 at 04:31 PM

I too suffer the same, the breather pipe to air is just too small., mine is maybe 10mm


axle - 4/6/15 at 09:40 PM

cheers all, it is making sense now any more brilliant ideas!


leon51274 - 5/6/15 at 09:29 AM

Fill a 20ltr jerry can, thats what i do as i find its a complete pita filling at the pump.


coozer - 5/6/15 at 12:37 PM

I moved my filler from the back panel to the top of the scuttle so the pipe was going straight down into the tank, that helped a canny bit.


axle - 5/6/15 at 02:22 PM

I ve got my thinking cap on it all sounds good please keep up the good ideas!


HowardB - 5/6/15 at 02:49 PM

Mine is on the top and straight in. The problem is that it can be filled right to the top. ... ! Lucky that it doesn't last too long


coozer - 7/6/15 at 02:03 PM

Try a fat pipe inside the filler pipe just down passed the top of the tank and see if that helps.