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Old February 25th 05, 09:38 PM
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My wife ran the SC2 (1999) out of gas a couple weeks ago. She did it
again the next week and now today it "ran out" on the freeway. She got
a splash from the highway helper, went to the gas station, and it only
took 5gallons to fill it. (the highway helper didnt dump more than a
half gallon in it)

What's going on? Is the fuel pump failing from running out the first
and second times? Why stall when there is 1/2 a tank?

perplexing..

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Old February 25th 05, 11:22 PM
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Biker Geek > wrote:
> It used to be that fuel caps had a simple pinhole. Now I think
> it's more of a one-way valve that allows outside air in but does
> not allow fuel vapors to escape.


Doesn't that vent get plugged if people repeatedly overfill the tank
instead of stopping when it clicks off?

-DanD

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