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fuel tank vent kit

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mitch1

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will the tank vent kit relieve enough pressure to stop fuel from spilling back out of the filler neck when filling at the airport fuel pumps.
 
It is a big improvement, but you still have to be careful about flow rates. That has been my experience. Our nozzle has two positions, i always fill at the slower rate.
 
I don't know what it was like before but I have to fill VERY slowly otherwise it'll overflow the neck. I can't even get to the low speed nozzle position. Not a real big deal but I have to be very careful. I never let the lineman do the filling.
 
It helps but you still need to be careful as it starts to get full.

Related, if I had it to do over again, I WOULD NOT install the vent kit. My hangar has a constant smell of fuel now and it's coming from the vent. I'm using auto fuel so I know this makes the situation a little worse as I don't get as bad a smell with 100LL.
 
What I did - -

I basically copied the design, but used 1/2" ID tubing. I virtually get no blowback. I can dump 6 gallons in under a minute.

 
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