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Old 11-20-2007, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Cobra Dude
Thinking more about this, it seems that the vent routed to the top of the fill tube (rather than the baseplate), would have the advantage of definitely routing any overflow (thru the vent line) during filling back into the tank.
No, it just pukes it to the ground. The tube going back to the tank has a higher pressure than the tube going out to the atmosphere. If it were me doing it, I wouldn't worry about venting it to the top of the fill tube; that would be more trouble than it would be worth. Venting from the tank to the base plate and from the base plate down to the ground should be sufficient coupled with the ol' tennis ball trick.
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