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Car Forum / MINI / March 2006Vacuum in fuel tank/any advice ?
When removing the filler cap I"m getting a rush of air into the tank. Is this normal ? Cooper sport 500............. If it's a late twinpoint then the answer is yes. It should have a non vented cap - OE caps have green plastic on the underside, vented have red plastic. The fuel tank vents to air via a charcoal canister under the passenger side wing. It's another euro thing to reduce hydro/carbon emissions to the atmosphere. When the fuel cap on my wife's twinpoint got screwdrivered in that fuel dispute I just refitted an OE vented cap. Chris > When removing the filler cap I"m getting a rush of air into the tank. > Is this normal ? > > Cooper sport 500............. Thanks Chris Yes it is a late twinpoint (2001),does that mean it should have the cap with the green plastic on the underside ? The one on it at the moment is the red one. Michael. > If it's a late twinpoint then the answer is yes. It should have a non > vented cap - OE caps have green plastic on the underside, vented have red [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Cooper sport 500............. Michael, Regarding the colours - it's the other way round to what i said! Just dug a new vented one out I have here. It has 'vented' written on the green part in 3 languages, I assume the red part may have 'unvented' written on it somewhere?! green is vented red is unvented Your car should originally have a red one - like you say you have. Fitting a green one will do it no harm and it wont fail mot if you do fit one. I believe fuel caps must only be lockable. Chris > Thanks Chris > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Michael. Thanks Chris. My car runs fine,it just seems odd the amount of suction on my filler cap when I remove it. Michael > Michael, > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> >> Michael. |
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