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

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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