RDS Fuel tank/toolbox
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Bones
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HaOr, the simplest and cheapest way, don't max out the tank and then not go on a trip for several weeks
that will work too. 
porthole
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Three 4" circles of 3/8" line doesn't hold anywhere near the amount of that small bottle I have, and I have filled that bottle at least once already. And doing so might just cause a venting issue, similar to the venting of the fresh water tanks when the vent line has a low point loop.
I'm using gravity feed, so it wouldn't take much to stop the flow.
I'm using gravity feed, so it wouldn't take much to stop the flow.
Mine was working until I put about 16" vent hose on. I also installed two j clamps that run up to the top of the toolbox. I just rapped the hose around and stuck it back into one of the clamps. I think I pinched the vent line because its not feeding. I pulled the line out tonight so see what happens.
No air in, no fuel out.
When I first installed my tank I had a problem with venting. I now have about 6 inches of hose on the vent with the hoses natural curve up.
No problems running that way in the last 6 years.
Peace
Dave
Dave
No I left it on. I was talking with my nephew last night. He suggested putting a fuel filter on the vent hose. He has done that on a tank he uses in a farm truck, said it works fine. It's a small clear plastic fuel filter that will only let fuel or air go oneway. Has anyone tried that?
No I left it on. I was talking with my nephew last night. He suggested putting a fuel filter on the vent hose. He has done that on a tank he uses in a farm truck, said it works fine. It's a small clear plastic fuel filter that will only let fuel or air go oneway. Has anyone tried that?
I tried that years ago and had a problem with it. Well I think I did. It seems that I got fuel up into that filter and it prevented the venting process. Once I took it off everything worked fine.
Right now all I have is about a 6" piece of fuel line attached to the vent.
Peace
Dave
Right now all I have is about a 6" piece of fuel line attached to the vent.
Peace
Dave
porthole
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porthole
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1 way? Never heard of one. If you are putting a filter on the vent line it has to flow both ways.
The filter I had used for awhile was just the cheap, inline plastic filter, something like this.
https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Fi...1495976448&sr=8-6&keywords=inline+fuel+filter
porthole
Retired
What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
The reason some of the people I know even bothered to add the fuel filter to the vent line was to keep debris and insects out of it.
I removed mine after I filled the filter the second time, figuring a wet filter slowed the venting down even more.
Did you add a 1/4 turn ball valve to the tank outlet, so you can shut off the tank?
