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Old 01-23-2012, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Chickenfloss
Just wanted to put this out, but if you have some clogged lines some older vehicles can lock themselves if the vacuum in the gas tank gets too high. As a matter of fact a friend of mine has a '99 dodge ram with v8 magnum that dies, pull the gas cap off and release the vacuum and it starts right back up.
I'll test that if it ever happens again
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I'll test that if it ever happens again
The difference is the later models are returnless fuel systems whereas ours have a return. Fuel cap should not be an issue for Renix Jeeps.
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The difference is the later models are returnless fuel systems whereas ours have a return. Fuel cap should not be an issue for Renix Jeeps.
Then again maybe I won't test it.
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Then again maybe I won't test it.
Hopefully it nevers happens again anyway.
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Hopefully it nevers happens again anyway.
I don't think it will.
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