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@
planethoustonamx .comwww.planethoustonam x.com
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From: "Ken Ames" <
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To:
"Eddie Stakes" <
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family" <
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Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:31
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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@
planethoustonamx .com>:
>
>> 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@
planethoustonamx .com>> www.planethoustonam
x.com
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