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Old Oct 9, 2004 | 09:27 AM
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overfilling the gas tank

Sometimes I cant help it but to fill up the tank past the click, till gas spills out. Is it bad to do this for the car?
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 09:46 AM
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Probably is for your paint.
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 09:53 AM
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yep, bad for paint.
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by amulla01
Sometimes I cant help it but to fill up the tank past the click, till gas spills out. Is it bad to do this for the car?

what are u getting there? an extra .3 ounces? why bother? when it ticks just stop ure wasting money when u spill it over, think of it that way.....besides the new paint job in that area
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 10:09 AM
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I cant help it though cause I get bad gas mileage
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 10:17 AM
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Stop driving like a maniac

Give your car a tuneup, its hell of alot cheaper than new paint
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 10:28 AM
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get the tank cleaned.....proper tire inflation? blah
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 10:57 AM
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yes.... when you overfill the gas tank you run the risk of getting gas in the evap emissions system.... the vapor lines for the system are near the top of the fill tube.. the evap system is designed to handle ...vapor... not liquid gas... so if you get enough gas in the lines you can damage you evap canister and or various valves that control the evap system.... later
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 11:00 AM
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yessss!!!!! hate to sound sinister, but doing dumb things like overfilling ure tank everytime SHOULD have its repercussions, its like, "i like to drive with my ebrake handle all the way up cuz it looks cool"....duh


and i hate sarcasm on the org, im all for helping, but in this case u should know better
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 11:08 AM
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well I dont do that everytime, but I remember some mechanic dude told me it was fine...
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 12:07 PM
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be nice to the newbie lol..
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 12:11 PM
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sry bout that...
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