Re: 2005 Ford Escape Blocked Fuel Vent ****eld Removal
by "William Sheehan, Jr." <w.sheehan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Apr 25, 2008 at 04:59 PM
Is there some way to pressurize the tank and blow it out?
"mike" <no_one@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I recently posted here about my 2005 Escaoe and difficulty filling
> the tank due to a blocked vent tube.
> The dealer insisted that this occurs from spiders building nests in
> the tube. Sure enough, I looked at the vent tube opening and found
> this to be true. I removed the crud but at the tip but I think that
> the tube needs to be reamed out with a wire. There is a plastic ****eld
> covering the filler tube and vent. The ****eld is fastened to the car
> with some sort of screw with no apparenet way to remove it. The head
> has a small hole but no slot for a screw driver. It is metal. Is this
> some sort of rivet tat needs to be drilled out? I really need to
> remove the ****eld so I can get full access to the tube.
