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JazzyDeb
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Apr 12, 2008, 3:43 PM

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Friend has an 88 lincoln mark vii. suddenly when she tries to fill up the gas spurts back out - and guage always reads full. someone said line may be kinked. any ideas how to find out if that's the case?

dave284
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Apr 12, 2008, 4:20 PM

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Did these things happened at the same time? Will it take any gas at all?...even if put in slowly....not being funny but sound like the tank is full,...does the gas needle move at all?.....To fix the guage the tank will have to dropped to replace the gas sending unit....the gas spurting back out ...cause of the air displacement....the vent is stopped up.Let me see what kind of info I can find.

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Apr 12, 2008, 4:21 PM

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Thank you. She drives to and from the airport all the time - stewardess - so i'm assuming it happened at same time. took her 10 minutes to get 1 gallon in today.

dave284
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Apr 12, 2008, 4:23 PM

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http://www.autozone.com/.../repairInfoPages.htm
http://www.autozone.com/.../repairInfoPages.htm look at these links.

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Apr 12, 2008, 4:25 PM

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Dave? These are parts. So you think she needs one of them replaced? Any way to check for sure?

dave284
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Apr 12, 2008, 5:18 PM

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The only other way to to be sure is to drop the tank and make visual inspection.

way2old
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Apr 13, 2008, 8:33 AM

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There is a blockage in the vent somewhere. Look in the little pipe beside the fill tube to see if there is any restrictions. There are also vent valves on thew fuel tank. Can't exactly say where the problem will be, but a vent is restricted. Good luck.

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