As opposed to liquid vapours?..............
Two words:
Subaru Forester
What a LEMON! That and the engine gasket problem.
I’ve had an interesting problem crop up with my FR-S. It has a 13+ gallon tank and up until the 110,000 mile mark I was able to always get at least 75 miles past the “low gas light” coming on, and still only put 2.5 gallons at the most.
But with two consecutive tanks I ran out of gas at the 40 mile mark and was only able to put 11 gallons in. I now only trust it to 35 past the light coming on.
BTW, I have a 150 mile round trip commute. I fill up every two days.
I’m assuming they are right.
“small evaporative leak . . . a cumbersome diagnostic process to determine the exact location of the leak”
Pump clicks off after a gallon or so.
Yep, had me some of them.
Smoked it a few times, vac tested, replaced carbon canister, had lines, soft lines, tank vent etc . . .
Come on now. My near 20 year old Cherokee only has 284,000 miles on it. It’s just getting started.
My previous vehicle was a 2006 Chrysler Town and Country and I had to stop at the first cutoff as pumping more gas into the tank would cause it to overflow. My current vehicle is a 2016 Mazda CX-5 and I found I could pump gas in spurts past the first cutoff the few times I paid cash for gas and wanted to round it to the next dollar, but I mostly pay for gas with the credit card now, so I don’t bother and stop pumping it after the first cutoff.
I drive a 1986 Volvo 740, and for over twenty years I have done what the author states is a bad thing. My only question is when would I notice this problem?
My car is a daily driver with over 360,000 miles on it, gets 32 miles to the gallon and the crank case has never been opened.
Use cash when fuelling your vehicle. My little putt putt car takes about $23 to fill up from empty so I throw in a $20 when it gets low. No credit card or debit card, since that seems to be the place where a lot of people get their info skimmed, and no topping off.
Automobiles since 2005 have a sensor and if you top your tank off you risk wrecking it. I think it was called an EOV ?
my 71’ international has no emmissions to foul...what B>S>
I don’t know where they’re getting this $200 repair. Cost me $800 on my 2004 Hyundai Sonata. And I was not overfilling because when I bought the car they told me about it.
Essentially this evaporative control system is an expensive pile of junk.
Sounds like Intellectual Greenie BS.
I have filled my wife’s Lexus 300 to the brim for 14 years and never had a problem.
I have done the same with my 7 year old Ridgeline and never had a problem.
I did the same with my O J Simpson 1996 white Bronco for a decade, and one of our sons has done it for ten more years with that Bronco. No problems.
The intellectual yet Idiot Greenies don’t want us to fill our tanks as it might cause an ice berg to melt in the south pole if we spill a few drops off gas on the pavement in the gas station.
Funny how this never caused a problem until the enviro-nuts decided that topping off your vehicld was “Bad for the environment”
I have been doing it for years, never caused me a problem in the cars I have owned. I always top off.
Another problem with letting the gas in the tank run too low, most cars have the electric fuel pump immersed in the gas tank, which has a cooling effect. If the tank is almost empty the pump could overheat and they are an expensive PITA to replace.
From a Prepper standpoint, or just to be always prepared like a boy scout, try to keep your vehicles full or near full.
In an emergency, gas can become unavailable in a big hurry!
When the Southeast gas pipeline broke in Alabama last year, gas become unavailable or extremely expensive in about one day—or about 24 hours after the news went out.
I also keep a couple of battery powered inverters in the trunk/toolbox just in case. These things can get AC power from the cigarette lighter/battery of a vehicle. It can mean the difference between a working cell phone/laptop/light/fan, even hook up the fridge (a big inverter needed, to be sure) until power can be restored.