Re: [AMC-list] amc eagle vented gas caps

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Your Eagle gas cap is already vented but it is vented to vacuum and not pressure.  In other words if there's a vacuum in the tank (or the vapor recovery system if still you had one) the gas cap would allow air to enter the system to relieve the vacuum.  In your case, I'm just guessing that you may have plugged the vapor recovery system lines when you removed the cannister etc. and that is allowing pressure to build in your system.

Obviously the smog test station does not test the vapor recovery system in the Houston area since the car passes smog Eddie.  Here in California they do check for that we have to make sure the the vapor recovery system is intact and that none of the lines leaks vapors.  God knows we wouldn't want Nancy Pelosi to smell gas fumes.

Joe Fulton  

--- On Thu, 10/29/09, Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] amc eagle vented gas caps
> To: "Ken Ames" <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>, "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: baadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 2:05 PM
> Hi Ken, no, the gas vapor recovery is
> gone. The car does have a gas return line, one fuel 
> line to carb, the other for overflow(?) back to tank
> however. The car passed emissions no 
> problem. This air in tank sometimes also happens on some of
> my other AMC models also, even 
> the 68 Rebel convertible 'Machine' sometimes has this
> 'whoosh!' effect when opening the 
> gas cap.
> Eddie Stakes
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Ames" <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and 
> family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] amc eagle vented gas caps
> 
> 
> > Wouldn't a vented cap kind of defeat the gasoline
> vapour recovery system
> > (charcoal canister, etc.)? Perhaps one of the vapour
> lines is blocked.
> >
> > I know my Nissan (and several newer cars) always seem
> to have pressure in the
> > tank. Some will even give an emissions error code if
> the cap is not tight or is
> > missing.
> >
> > A cap from perhaps the early 70s or earlier would
> work.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
> > Quoting Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> >> Is there a gas cap made for AMC Eagle that is
> Vented? For whatever reason,
> >> sometimes,
> >> especially on hot days, you can take the gas cap
> off one of our Eagles and it
> >> literally
> >> will blow off in your hand from pressure. I think
> it probably has to do with
> >> oxygenated
> >> gas that is used in Houston.
> >>
> >> A report on one of the local television stations a
> few weeks ago was talking
> >> about the
> >> best time to buy gasoline at stations, which is at
> night, when temps cooler,
> >> as you get
> >> what you pay for, as if you fill up during day,
> you lose some of the gas to
> >> vaporazion.
> >> Didn't know that, but gan tell you the gas is
> bubbly around here foe years
> >> and many places
> >> use ethanol mix in gas which (to me) is hardly
> flammable.
> >>
> >> So if anyone has a suggestion or two for vented
> gas caps for Eagle, let me
> >> know, you can
> >> reply here as others might be interested. Thanks
> in advance to all who might
> >> reply.
> >> Eddie Stakes
> >> 713.464.8825
> >> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> www.planethoustonamx.com
> >>
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