Lets pretend I am talking about an old Ford that happens to say Olds on it.
This antique has a vent line from the gas tank that is open to the air, (it dumps behind the passenger rear tire on the frame) and I think that is why it is stinking up the garage like hot, but unburned gas when parked hot. (It is BAD!) There is no return line from the pump on this year, but I do not see that mattering. And it does not have any carb, fuel pump or line leaks that I can find. The smell is not from under the hood or from the gas cap. I am tired of parking the car outside to cool off, then moving it in.
I have seen polished alluminum charcoal tanks in the street rod magazines for this purpose, but an oem salvage yard part would be cheaper and if kept out of sight, who cares. What would it take to use a Stang charcoal tank? Since the gas cap is sealed, the car will recycle the vapors when sucking the air back into the overflow tube. But is this really enough to clear it out? Or do I have to get a key on power source and use a vac line to the intake in order to use one like the Fox's do?
@jrichker @madmike1157 @other good mechanics
This antique has a vent line from the gas tank that is open to the air, (it dumps behind the passenger rear tire on the frame) and I think that is why it is stinking up the garage like hot, but unburned gas when parked hot. (It is BAD!) There is no return line from the pump on this year, but I do not see that mattering. And it does not have any carb, fuel pump or line leaks that I can find. The smell is not from under the hood or from the gas cap. I am tired of parking the car outside to cool off, then moving it in.
I have seen polished alluminum charcoal tanks in the street rod magazines for this purpose, but an oem salvage yard part would be cheaper and if kept out of sight, who cares. What would it take to use a Stang charcoal tank? Since the gas cap is sealed, the car will recycle the vapors when sucking the air back into the overflow tube. But is this really enough to clear it out? Or do I have to get a key on power source and use a vac line to the intake in order to use one like the Fox's do?
@jrichker @madmike1157 @other good mechanics