car has indigestion

[joe944]

I took my car into the stealership about 6 months ago because I was not able to fill up my car without the pump stopping like the tank was full. They put on a new neck, and took out the flapper? and or valve?. I went to fill it up my car yesterday and the same problem occurred. It has happened a couple of other times since taking it in. This time though, I investigated the situation at the gas station. The rollover valve? was leaking a small puddle of gas. The car was also making a goorgling/popping sound. It sounded like my car has indigestion ! Any thoughts on what is wrong?

 

[Mike R]

same gas station or at different ones? I have issues at a few different places due to the high flow rate of gas at that station

 

[joe944]

Different gas stations. I also tried angling the pump nozzle at different angles, and just slightly holding down the "trigger" to ease the gas in. Sorry, not sure if I have my vocabulary correct on this one.

 

[Prodigy]

Try Pepto bismol.





In reality, it's more than likely a plugged gas tank vent tube (debris/spider/dirt/etc).
I'd check the vent lines coming from the tank and clear it with an air compressor.

 

[P-Funk!]

Hold the nozzle further out... I dunno' i don't have that problem....

 

[joe944]

Apparently it is the valve inside the actual gas tank that is the problem. They want a $1k to fix it-lol! They are calling corporate to see if they can get it under warranty, but with 70k miles I don't see it happening. Now I have to figure out if I am intitled to any of my money back for the work they did that did not solve any problems-any thoughts?

 

[Mike R]

Crap, this is actually happening to me now. The tank is listed for 500 bucks. No friggin way mine is under warranty at 218K miles.....

What did you end up doing?

 

[MaxPower]

If you really do need to replace the whole tank, you can source a used one from a junkyard. Or you can try e-bay: http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_tr...w=protege+fuel+tank&_sacat=See-All-Categories