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chili r

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67 gas cap
« on: August 05, 2014, 02:10:24 AM »
  I have been driving my 67 Camaro about every other day 50-60 miles and I noticed a fuel smell inside. I have all new hoses and clamps and gas tank seal and such fine. After a longer drive I stopped at a parts store and as I walked away from car I heard a "tea pot whistle " pitched sound. It was coming from fuel cap and I released cap and it had a great deal of pressure. The vapor smell was exactly what I have been smelling. I can drive the car 5 miles and cap has pressure, what is wrong? ???
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maroman

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Re: 67 gas cap
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2014, 12:02:03 PM »
The vent is clogged.
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Re: 67 gas cap
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2014, 03:43:12 PM »
From the piss they call gas these days.
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Re: 67 gas cap
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2014, 04:52:14 AM »
Amen on the piss they call gas. It's pathetic.
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Re: 67 gas cap
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2014, 02:42:48 PM »
The cap contains a 2-way vacuum/pressure valve which allows air entry to replace the volume of fuel used so the tank doesn't build a vacuum (which can result in fuel starvation or partial collapse of the tank), and allows pressure relief at a certain pressure level to avoid distortion of the tank. Both sides of that valve need to be working.
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