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From: cuhulin on 22 Nov 2009 15:40
A few months ago when I was gassing up my 1983 Dodge van, I thought I
had grabbed the gas pump nozzle.It is a good thing that diesel fuel pump
nozzle wouldn't fit into my van's gas filler pipe.I would have messed up
for sure!
cuhulin

From: CWLee on 23 Nov 2009 03:29

"Mike Romain" <romainm(a)nospam.live.com> wrote:

> Well then Ford would have totally screwed up wouldn't they
> have.
>
> It is 'very' unlikely that your interpretation of 'size'
> is right.
>
> Size of fuel fillers is the diameter, not the length.
>
> Give us the link to the page you were reading please.

I've supplied several below, and I'm not sure which one is
the one where I got my information. Some of those links
also contain other links, and I don't remember just where I
went. However, I have since found a statement in one of
those which sheds more light on this issue of filling from a
non-gas-pump source.

"Easy Fuel also has a patented mis-fueling inhibitor to
reduce improper fueling and siphoning.
The inhibitor consists of a fuel nozzle detector that guides
the nozzle to the opening. If a nozzle or foreign tube of a
different size - a diesel nozzle or plastic hose, for
example - is placed in the filler neck of a gasoline-powered
vehicle, the latches will not release. For a diesel-powered
vehicle, the inhibitor will keep out the smaller gasoline
nozzles.

To protect the fuel filler neck from dirt, dust and debris,
Easy Fuel relies on a flexible rubber seal in the body
housing. The system also comes with a handy plastic funnel,
which is stored with a vehicle's tire changing kit, in case
someone runs out of fuel and needs to add a gallon or two
from a portable container.

Because fuel cans are not standardized in terms of their
nozzle, we needed to make sure customers could easily get
fuel into the system if they ran out, said Aitken. The
funnel is the same diameter as an unleaded fuel pump nozzle
for a gasoline-powered vehicle."

http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-to-deploy-capless-fuel-filler-across-model-line.html

http://wot.motortrend.com/6253125/technology/fords-capless-easy-fuel-filler-to-go-standard-across-range/index.html

http://ford.digitalsnippets.com/2008/05/05/easyfuel-capless-fuel-filler-system/

http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=28320

Again, I'd like to hear from someone with actual, hands-on
experience with this Ford device, not just similar items
elsewhere.

Thanks.


From: cuhulin on 23 Nov 2009 08:31
I doubt if most people use a funnel with small portable gas containers.I
doubt those handy dandy funnels that Ford supplies with Easy Fuel
vehicles will stay with most of those Easy Fuel vehicles for a long
while.Funnels and other thingys have a habit of getting lost.
cuhulin

From: Mike Romain on 23 Nov 2009 10:11
CWLee wrote:
If a nozzle or foreign tube of a
> different size - a diesel nozzle or plastic hose, for
> example - is placed in the filler neck of a gasoline-powered
> vehicle, the latches will not release.


The system also comes with a handy plastic funnel,
> which is stored with a vehicle's tire changing kit, in case
> someone runs out of fuel and needs to add a gallon or two
> from a portable container.
>

Well, there you go, they 'did' screw up to the point of having to supply
a special funnel to make it work.

Mike
2000 Cherokee Sport
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG AT's, 'glass nose to tail in '00
'New' frame and everything else in '09. Some Canadian Bush Trip and
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