Gas tank question
#2
DKing, I moved your post to a new thread. You'll get better responses this way.
You originally posted in a thread on a 68 98. Is that what kind of Olds you have? There were different ways that fuel tanks were vented depending on year and model.
You originally posted in a thread on a 68 98. Is that what kind of Olds you have? There were different ways that fuel tanks were vented depending on year and model.
#4
I know the Cutlass and Toronado in 1967 had the breather hose ending behind the license plate with a plug & small hole in it or filter. I can take a picture of the Cutlass setup if that would help.
#7
Eric, I know the 1968-72 used the plastic filter on the two hoses. I don't have that on my 1967 Cutlass 4 door. Attached is a picture of what I have on the 4 door that I got with 47,000 original miles. I know the Toronado had a plastic plug with a hole in one hose. I believe these just have some kind of filter material pushed into the hoses. Two hoses above and to the left of the gas cap.
#10
1967 98 Fuel Tank Vent
@Dking76 The 1967 98 has 2 vent ports in the front corner of the tank. The hoses from theses ports just end near the upper shock mount.
I hated my 67 98 always smelling like gas so I added the vent tube filter from a 68+ Cutlass (shown in a post above) to combine the two hoses to one:
I ran the combined hose into a fuel filter housing (with the filter removed) filled with charcoal filter material.
This worked great for a while, but I must have filled the tank too full at some point and gas worked its way through the vent hoses into the filter housing, saturating the charcoal filter material. Then it smelled like gas again. I removed the filter housing and just replaced it with a metal plug with a 1/8" hole drilled through it and mounted at the highest point I could. I made sure that the hose inclined back towards the tank, so if gas made ever its way into the vent again, it would flow back to the tank. This has been working well so far.
I hated my 67 98 always smelling like gas so I added the vent tube filter from a 68+ Cutlass (shown in a post above) to combine the two hoses to one:
I ran the combined hose into a fuel filter housing (with the filter removed) filled with charcoal filter material.
This worked great for a while, but I must have filled the tank too full at some point and gas worked its way through the vent hoses into the filter housing, saturating the charcoal filter material. Then it smelled like gas again. I removed the filter housing and just replaced it with a metal plug with a 1/8" hole drilled through it and mounted at the highest point I could. I made sure that the hose inclined back towards the tank, so if gas made ever its way into the vent again, it would flow back to the tank. This has been working well so far.
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