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Gick70 · 05-02-2018, 09:19 PM

When stopping for fuel ,adding fuel,I stop later down the road and the filler neck always drools fuel and I didn't even fill it to the top! Any solution for this?

FirstGenF2 · 05-02-2018, 09:51 PM

Did you drive down a rough or angled road, is the tank baffled, is the gas cap vented, and what temperature is it in the cab, has there been a major temp shift?

FortyNiner · 05-03-2018, 02:28 AM

Where is the leakage? End of tube? At the rubber sleeve?

cmbrucew · 05-03-2018, 12:59 PM

Fuel pumped from a tank 20 feet below ground is cool.
When you add it to your tank it warms up and expands. I have learned not to fill it to the top, unless I am going cross country. It is parked on the street which is crowned so gas runs out when it parked. My solution is when guage indicates 1/4 full I add 10 gallons plus 4 OZ. MMO.
Bruce

Gick70 · 05-04-2018, 03:22 PM

The leak is down my truck ,it's not coming from the cap,maybe I got to torque on the clamps holding the rubber sleeve!!

Gick70 · 05-04-2018, 03:24 PM

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I,m also working on getting my gauges to work,so then I won,t feel the need to top it off all the time!

Ross F-1 · 05-04-2018, 03:47 PM

I let the station's pump kick off the nozzle, which usually occurs when the gas is up to the bottom of the fill tube. No problems with sloshing. I replaced the rubber sleeve where the tank and filler tube join, and bought a modern vented locking gas cap: Stant 10491
https://www.amazon.com/Stant-10491-L.../dp/B000C7YQ2E
(fits '51 - '52)

05-02-2018, 09:19 PM	#1
Gick70 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 107	52 ford f1 fill up When stopping for fuel ,adding fuel,I stop later down the road and the filler neck always drools fuel and I didn't even fill it to the top! Any solution for this?

05-02-2018, 09:51 PM	#2
FirstGenF2 Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Alba, Missouri Posts: 56	Re: 52 ford f1 fill up Did you drive down a rough or angled road, is the tank baffled, is the gas cap vented, and what temperature is it in the cab, has there been a major temp shift? __________________ 51' F2 45' CJ2a

05-03-2018, 02:28 AM	#3
FortyNiner Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: u-rah-rah-Wisconsin Posts: 1,136	Re: 52 ford f1 fill up Where is the leakage? End of tube? At the rubber sleeve? __________________ 19 and 49 F1 - jes' like Henry II built 1946 Deluxe - as Henry built it

05-03-2018, 12:59 PM	#4
cmbrucew Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: North of sandy ago, CA. Posts: 2,064	Re: 52 ford f1 fill up Fuel pumped from a tank 20 feet below ground is cool. When you add it to your tank it warms up and expands. I have learned not to fill it to the top, unless I am going cross country. It is parked on the street which is crowned so gas runs out when it parked. My solution is when guage indicates 1/4 full I add 10 gallons plus 4 OZ. MMO. Bruce __________________ Works good Lasts long time

05-04-2018, 03:22 PM	#5
Gick70 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 107	Re: 52 ford f1 fill up The leak is down my truck ,it's not coming from the cap,maybe I got to torque on the clamps holding the rubber sleeve!!

05-04-2018, 03:24 PM	#6
Gick70 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 107	Re: 52 ford f1 fill up Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I,m also working on getting my gauges to work,so then I won,t feel the need to top it off all the time!

05-04-2018, 03:47 PM	#7
Ross F-1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: NM Posts: 2,438	Re: 52 ford f1 fill up I let the station's pump kick off the nozzle, which usually occurs when the gas is up to the bottom of the fill tube. No problems with sloshing. I replaced the rubber sleeve where the tank and filler tube join, and bought a modern vented locking gas cap: Stant 10491 https://www.amazon.com/Stant-10491-L.../dp/B000C7YQ2E (fits '51 - '52) __________________ '52 F-1, EAB flathead