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fuel overflow
georgeg - 12/5/03 at 10:08 PM

I'm just about to fit mk's plastic tank.Where does the overflow go? Mine has a small vertical pipe at the opposite end to the filler neck.


Viper - 12/5/03 at 10:11 PM

overflow?
are you sure its not a breather? a breather should vent to the atmos preferably hrough a one way valve.(failing that looping the pipe a couple of times..)


locodude - 13/5/03 at 05:09 PM

It's a breather not an overflow and Mr Viper is correct.


CairB - 13/5/03 at 05:43 PM

georgeg,

Do a forum search on vent - it's been discussed earlier.

The breather becomes an overflow when the cars inverted and the valve doesn't do it's job - neither failure modes desirable .

Cheers,

Colin