As you have guessed, your vent is stopped up. Remove the vent line and
clean it out good. Would not hurt to remove the fuel line and make sure it
is good and clean also if possible. As for how fast/slow the fuel flows is
all a matter of how the boat was manufactured. The
shorter/straighter/steeper the hose - the better it will flow. Long hoses
that bend, turn and lay flat are a real pain.

--
Tony
my boats at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com



"Richard Malcolm" wrote in message
om...
I have always had a hard time filling my gas tank up. When I would go
fast it would spill out the vent. I even made a thing to catch the gas
as it spills. But today, the second gas stop of the season, (the first
was to top off the tank),when I went to fill her up the gas came out
the tube that I was trying to pump it in. I tried all different angles
and even had them slow the gas down as much as they could. I even went
to a second gas station. I could not get even a cup worth of gas to go
in with out comming out. 2 gas stations, a total of $7 dollars of gas
and I don't think any of it went in the tank. I am thinking that
either the gas hose or the vent hose is clogged, bent, squeezed or
creature has moved in. I even tried to put a coat hanger in to see of
I could find anything.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE WAY TO KEEP MY GAS COST DOWN BUT.........
Does anyone have any ideas thanks

Clean or replace the vent. Mine has a metal mesh inside in that was
thoroughly corroded. I sat it in a dish of CLR overnight and it looked new.
Now that I know what it looks like, I'll replace it next time for about $12.
(Until I took it out, I wasn't sure what it looked like to buy a
replacement.)


"Tony Thomas" wrote in message
news:hGgmc.38849$I%1.2539530@attbi_s51...
As you have guessed, your vent is stopped up. Remove the vent line and
clean it out good. Would not hurt to remove the fuel line and make sure
it
is good and clean also if possible. As for how fast/slow the fuel flows
is
all a matter of how the boat was manufactured. The
shorter/straighter/steeper the hose - the better it will flow. Long hoses
that bend, turn and lay flat are a real pain.

--
Tony
my boats at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com



"Richard Malcolm" wrote in message
om...
I have always had a hard time filling my gas tank up. When I would go
fast it would spill out the vent. I even made a thing to catch the gas
as it spills. But today, the second gas stop of the season, (the first
was to top off the tank),when I went to fill her up the gas came out
the tube that I was trying to pump it in. I tried all different angles
and even had them slow the gas down as much as they could. I even went
to a second gas station. I could not get even a cup worth of gas to go
in with out comming out. 2 gas stations, a total of $7 dollars of gas
and I don't think any of it went in the tank. I am thinking that
either the gas hose or the vent hose is clogged, bent, squeezed or
creature has moved in. I even tried to put a coat hanger in to see of
I could find anything.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE WAY TO KEEP MY GAS COST DOWN BUT.........
Does anyone have any ideas thanks

thanks for your responces. On my boat (Four Winns) I can follow the 2
hoses for a while and then they go through a wall to the gas tank. How
does one "clean or repalce" these and what should I avoid doing so I
don't blow my self up. Is this ssomething that a mechanic should do or
can I try some of this.
Let me know your thoughts

"Richard Malcolm" wrote in message
om...
thanks for your responces. On my boat (Four Winns) I can follow the 2
hoses for a while and then they go through a wall to the gas tank. How
does one "clean or repalce" these and what should I avoid doing so I
don't blow my self up. Is this ssomething that a mechanic should do or
can I try some of this.
Let me know your thoughts

Rich,

I understand that some of the run of both hoses goes through a wall where
you
can't see them. But can you see the other side of the hoses - where they
connect
to the tank? I'm guessing not. But if you can...maybe you can take them
off on
that side and then blow high pressure air through them. Of course, you'ld
want
to take the vent and cap off the other ends first. Not sure where you can
get high
pressure air. Maybe Doug or Chip has some idea.

If your gas tank is low (as it seems from your story) there are lots of
fumes in the
open volume of your tank. This is a potential scenario for sparks to do bad
things.
So think twice about any actions such as running a metal coat hanger way
down the
lines etc.

Gary

PS: Thanks for the stay the other night. Was quite a trip to be back there.