Do they sell any devices?

[Pete Masterson]

The problem is the venting of the fuel tank. The vent is either
inadequate or clogged (or both). The older birds have a 3" fill pipe.
You can insert a 2" schedule 40 plumbing pipe down the fill tube into
the bottom of the fuel tank. These are fairly stiff and won't fall
in. I'd start with an 8' length and see if it sticks out and cut off
the end so that you can still close the cap -- but have the pipe end
just below the filler end. You place the fill nozzle into the plastic
pipe (so the fuel runs into the bottom of the tank) and then the air
isn't trapped and comes out next to the fill pipe.

There are other methods as well -- including installing a new vent or
running a vent tube from the top of the tank to the top part of the
fill tube. Either of these will probably require dropping the fuel
tank, so it's not a job for the feint of heart.

Unfortunately, these work arounds won't work for me. Sometime BB
switched from 3" fill pipes to a 2" (or 2-1/4") fill pipe and it's
too small for the outside diameter of the schedule 40 plumbing pipe
to allow sufficient 'air' room.

I find that about 25% of the time the fuel dispensers don't spit --
but 75% of the time they do. It's also a matter of how much the fuel
foams as it flows into the tank.

The problem is that the fill-tube is much longer than is common on
trucks...

Yes, I agree, that you'd think BB would have solved this problem long
ago.... but it's one of the "quirks" that we have to deal with.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
aeonix1@...



On Oct 7, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Jon wrote:

> I know you can use a plastic hose to keep the gas tank when filling
> up with fuel from backing up and splashing you?
>
> I was just wondering as if you ever lost that hose in your tank you
> would be in a world of hurt.
>
> Oh yes I notice that the my 78 when I tried to fill it up at the high
> speed pumps it just won't accept the fuel and there again it backs up
> and oops all over you!
>
> My friends David Beatty motor home doesn't do this and I guess its
> just the design of the tank and the fill pipe.



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]