# Fuel filling problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filling-problem/7097>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 10, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filling-problem/7097 "2007-11-10T01:32:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![nick\_pallotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@nick\_pallotta](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nick_pallotta)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filling-problem/7097/1 "2007-11-10T01:32:40Z")

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I have a 2003 ford f150 full-size pickup.removed the fuel tank to replace fuel pump.now I can’t pump gas into it without it spitting back out even at a slow flow rate.can’t figure out why it’s not venting.

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**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filling-problem/7097/2 "2007-11-10T02:20:45Z")

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Perhaps the vent hose/line is kinked?

Someone here posted an answer about a stopper (or something) in the filler pipe that had to be dislodged, but I can’t remember the post.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filling-problem/7097/3 "2007-11-10T04:55:17Z")

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There is a check valve (anti-roll-over valve) located in the filler neck, looks like a ball in a cage. I suspect yous is jammed in the closed position. When you dropped the tank, you would have had to disconnect the filler pipe. The valve is right there…

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filling-problem/7097/4 "2007-11-10T16:16:26Z")

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You can put a slender branch, about 1/2 inch thick by three feet long. Stick the branch into the filler pipe hole, down to the tank anti-spill valve. Push on the valve. Try a fill. If there is still a problem, you may have to disconnect the filler pipe from the tank, and check the vent tube and anti-spill valve.