Re: 2005 Ford Escape Blocked Fuel Vent ****eld Removal

I'm not sure about pressurizing te tank.  That may be dangerous.  

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:59:08 GMT, "William  Sheehan, Jr."
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>Is there some way to pressurize the tank and blow it out?
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>"mike" <no_one@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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. 
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