I have a 91 jeep wrangler with a 3 in. lift. When filling it up,
(around 14 gallons), gas spits back from the fill up nozzle. It can
then be filled up VERY SLOWLY unitl it is full. Is this normal?
Thanks.
The Merg - 30 Jan 2007 20:46 GMT
I've found my '93 filler tube to be quite temperamental, but it works
fine if you work with it. I usually try to pay attention to how much
gas has gone in, the I slow the pump down for the last gallon or so.
Also, try angling the gas pump nozzle down into the filler tube.
And keep a rag handy for cleaning up the spillage.
> I have a 91 jeep wrangler with a 3 in. lift. When filling it up,
> (around 14 gallons), gas spits back from the fill up nozzle. It can
> then be filled up VERY SLOWLY unitl it is full. Is this normal?
> Thanks.

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Earle Horton - 30 Jan 2007 21:08 GMT
Mine got better with age, or maybe I just got used to it.
Earle
> I've found my '93 filler tube to be quite temperamental, but it works
> fine if you work with it. I usually try to pay attention to how much
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> > then be filled up VERY SLOWLY unitl it is full. Is this normal?
> > Thanks.
jeff - 30 Jan 2007 21:31 GMT
It sounds like your '91 might have the "15" gallon tank. If this is the
case what you have is a 20 gallon tank with a plastic hose inserted down
5 gallons into the tank which leaves a large air space above which can
blow back when filling. The hose can be pulled out most of the way to
convert to 20 gal and eliminate the blow back.

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> I have a 91 jeep wrangler with a 3 in. lift. When filling it up,
> (around 14 gallons), gas spits back from the fill up nozzle. It can
> then be filled up VERY SLOWLY unitl it is full. Is this normal?
> Thanks.
L.W. (Bill) Hughes III - 30 Jan 2007 22:40 GMT
http://www.4x4wire.com/jeep/tech/fuel/15to20gal/
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> It sounds like your '91 might have the "15" gallon tank. If this is the
> case what you have is a 20 gallon tank with a plastic hose inserted down
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> > then be filled up VERY SLOWLY unitl it is full. Is this normal?
> > Thanks.
Carl S - 31 Jan 2007 04:04 GMT
I had an old car that had the same problem. When you think the tank is
nearly full, slow down the filler to the very slow untill it stops.
Like Jeff mentioned, there is a mod to increase the tank capacity and
eliminate the blowback problem.
HTH
Carl
>I have a 91 jeep wrangler with a 3 in. lift. When filling it up,
> (around 14 gallons), gas spits back from the fill up nozzle. It can
> then be filled up VERY SLOWLY unitl it is full. Is this normal?
> Thanks.
The Merg - 31 Jan 2007 04:36 GMT
Here's another write-up with better pictures:
http://www.4x4help.com/tech/gastankconvo.htm
I actually plan on doing this possibly tomorrow.
> I had an old car that had the same problem. When you think the tank is
> nearly full, slow down the filler to the very slow untill it stops.
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>> then be filled up VERY SLOWLY unitl it is full. Is this normal?
>> Thanks.

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