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

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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