Can't seem to fill the fuel tank in '67 Newport.

[OneEyed]

Here's another problem that's been bugging me since I bought it. I have a 25 gallon tank but I think the most I've ever gotten into it is like 12 or so. I can put a little gas in but after a few seconds it shuts off and I get a little bit splashing out. Even tried squeezing the trigger as little as possible to make the stream smaller but still shuts off and spills out. At one gas station I was able to get parked on a little incline to raise the rear of the car up but that didn't seem to help. I can get a good 8-10 gallons in before I start having this problem. I am pushing the gas nozzle in as far as I can.

Gas fill is behind license plate and low to the ground.

Any ideas?

 

[bajajoaquin]

Maybe your gas gauge is reading inaccurately. So it's not reading full when it is, and is reading empty when it isn't.

(Which, by the way, is something I think I have going on on my Imperial.)

 

[MrMoparCHP]

Maybe your gas gauge is reading inaccurately. So it's not reading full when it is, and is reading empty when it isn't.

(Which, by the way, is something I think I have going on on my Imperial.)

That would be my guess. When the gauge is on "E" there is still 15 gallons in the tank.
To start with I'd put a couple gallons in the trunk and run the tank dry then fill er up.
Once you know where the problem it will be easier to fix.


On my truck I needed to bend the sender a little so when it was empty it was on "E", the gauge was hitting "E" long before I was out by maybe 100 miles. Now it reads good top and bottom. If you have a worn out sender just get it to read "e" when empty, doesn't matter what full is.


Alan