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Old 06-04-2011, 05:39 AM   #39
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Default Re: Driving & then COUGH COUGH & Died..10 min later start & Fine..& Died again.

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Originally Posted by RTC1930 View Post
I'm running into a similar problem and didn't even think about the gas cap till I read it in this post. I had heard of this vent issue before but it didn't even click that I swapped caps around the time this issue started. Is partially opening the cap the only solution to this. Can it be vented another way or vents opened.

Bob
Well, if a partially open cap solved the problem, then the other solution is to get another cap. The bad repo caps have a center that moves when you tighten the cap, and the vent holes mis align and shut off the air much like a ball valve shuts off a liquid. They make a nifty hockey puck, small frizbee or moving target. I did see one that had been drilled all the way through with a 1/16th bit, but some gas will spurt out over the tank when its full.
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