Thread: Vented gas cap?
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Old 07-02-2011, 06:55 AM
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Vented caps only vent in, not out. So fuel pressure was building up inside the tank from the return line. I took the gas cap and drilled a 1/16 hole through the vent. Now it vents both ways and no more fuel leaking on the manifold.
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