Cant get my truck to take gas

[Donald A Smith]

Bought a used 2001 Ford Ranger v-6 autotrans 2wd pu Here is the proplem Icant get the gas in the tank unless I just sqeeze the fueling nozzle a tiny bit. I have never heard of such a deal ! What is the answer to this??? I takes 15 minites to put gas in and it is cold standing out as you allready know!!!! If any one has an answer Iwould really like to hear from you!! Thank you Don in Indiana

[Elden DuRand]

Donald:

The only thing I can think of is that either the filler tube has gotten bent by something flying up from the road or the rubber connecting hose between the filler and the tank has gone south.

Hope that helped.

Take care - Elden

[MoRo]

Check to see if the rubber coupling between the filler neck and the tank is collapsed. Sometimes that happens when the vent system of the tank isn't working.

[Robert Haus]

Many cars use a separate vent tube from the top of the gas tank to the filler neck...if this tube is kinked or plugged, you will have a very slow fillup....I've had this trouble before, once with the rear tank on a 1995 Ford F350 and also on a 1957 Volvo 444. It is probably more common to vehicles where the filler can't make a "straight shot" to the tank.

[Robert Haus]

Oh yeah, almost forgot...until I fixed the vent hose, I found the fillup went much quicker if I could park in such a way that the filler side of the car was higher than the other by an inch or two.

[MoRo]

Well, let me ask this; when you're trying to fill with the nozzle running fast, does it blow a lot of gas spray back?

If so, that vent tube might be the problem. Hadn't thought of that. Glad someone's on his toes!!!!

[Randy L Peterson]

Could also be a Canister Vent solenoid or the Carbon Canister it self.. Or the Fuel tank Pressure sensor.. I guess it could be a number of things... I work on em for a living.. Its amazing what they can hang on a Vehicle that makes other things not work properly LOL..
RLP

[Donald A Smith]

Thanks to everyone who replied to my question! I went to nashville Auto Deisel collage in the 60s and Icant work on any thing but old iron!!!! I took up Welding for a liveing After Uncle Sam was good enough to teach me! Soafter 40 years of welding and no time to keep up on mechanics I find my self SOL!!! I opened the hood of my engine hauler pick-up and just hang my head and say why me! I feel helpless and at the mercy of my local Ford dealer I know it is going to cost a wad of cash to fix!! Oh well what can you do??? Thanks to everyone for listening to my rantting+ raven Don in Warming up a little Indiana

[Ron Beddome]

This truck is probably much like my 1996 f150 ,as far as the filler neck goes-----This I my experience---- Some body tries to shove a hose down the filler neck and has one hell of a time getting it to go down and then all of a sudden it gets easy. The next time I tried to fill up it acted exacly as you described. What happens is the filler neck has a seprate soft rubber hose inside the metal filler neck that you can see from underneath the truck. This is not a vent hose as the gas you pump into the truck goes down the soft rubber hose and the displaced air returns via the space around the rubber hose and filler neck. What happens when you shove a hose down the filler neck to borrow some gas is that it grips the soft rubber hose enough that the clamp (cheap piece of sh--)comes un done and every thing winds up in the bottom of tne tank , It is impossible to see because of the little trap door visible in the filler neck. After this it is next to impossible to gasup. Use up all your gas , remove the filler neck, check out my story .

[KeithT]

I had a 1990 F250 diesel, wouldnt take fuel if it was slightly sloping to the drivers side at the pump, went by a local Chevron one day, they had a 6x6 on a chain just for Fords, you run the back wheel up on it and it pumped normal. Started carrying one with me.

[Byron Roberts]

Me and dad have the same year truck...His will not take gas..unless you sneak it into tank..allways been that way...only seems worse when standing in -0 temps....they are both F-150s..B,

[HBurk]

Another reason "for me" to stay away from the F O R D dealer.

[MoRo]

I had a '79 Chevy that wouldn't take gas when the nozzle was running full, unless you inserted it about half-way, then it worked. Otherwise, if the nozzle was put all the way in, you could only open it to the second notch.

[Tanner Remillard]

My '78 250 litterally ENJOYS taking gas.....Believe me

[Craig A]

^ And when the pump stops and you see the pump price do you ???????

[BDMelon]

Originally Posted by Randy L Peterson

Could also be a Canister Vent solenoid or the Carbon Canister it self.. Or the Fuel tank Pressure sensor.. I guess it could be a number of things... I work on em for a living.. Its amazing what they can hang on a Vehicle that makes other things not work properly LOL..
RLP

randy darn GM's do the same thing & we have had are share of these vent solonoid failures,,, RAndy also if you have engine running on the 2000 on up model's(gm) that vent will stay shut. wonder if Fords same way ?? oh by the way we had a bullentin for some gas station nozzle putting out to much volumn of fuel causing
pump to kick off(handle),, refueling station are in the process of chance over filler nozzle

[HalfKeck]

our 79 chevy will not take gas either. What I did was to check it out and realized that the filler runs flat then turns down. I took out the screws right where the filler neck mounts to the body and moved the filler neck up about a half inch or about as much as I could. By using the screws to hold the bottom of the tabs instead of the center where the holes are, it fixed the problem by about half. Still not perfect, but I am not able to raise the neck any higher with really cutting and re-engineering......

Donald, I know right where you are, not far from where I started out. Is there still a guy there with a little steam engine and little locomotive??

[Larry Harter]

The Town I work for got a used 95 F250 from state surplus, It came with two gas tanks and you could never get any gas in the front tank. I eventually pulled the tank and removed the filler hose assembly, smaller hose inside larger one, gas goes down small one vents up large one. I found the small hose had a kink in it, about half way up. Cut the kink off and put it back short, It would take gas but some times put up a fight. Put the passenger side down slope helped. Eventually pulled the bed and installed an old utility box and when I did this I pulled the small hose all the way out, It works now?

[Donald A Smith]

Halfkeck--- Sorry for not replying sooner. I bet you are talking about Eugene Miller or Bruce Ervin arent you? Are you from my neck of the woods? Send me a post and lets talk Glad to hear from you! Think Sping Don from Indiana

[Motormowers]

I dont know, all this talk about Ford and GM troubles makes me glad I drive a beat up old 1984 Mazda diesel!