Petrol Tipping Out!!!!
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hi all

Recently I have purchased a mini which is a 1987 city e. It only has a single tank in it at the moment but something i have noticed is that if im going round a fast right hand bend the petrol comes out of the filler!!

Does anybody else suffer this problem? I am slightly worried about it, incase the back end of my car catches fire!! lol

Is there a way to solve this short of going round corners slower! I was thinking about putting a later tank in it with the anti splash back valve or whatever it is.

Any thought to solve this would be ace.

when i drove a 10" wheeled Mini last it felt insane !

Hi,
Put less fuel in
Failing that check the cap seats tightly on the neck. I get it on my estate but it's a long flat tank so I expect it, not heard of it on a saloon.
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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happens to me all the time!!
just dont fill it to the brim!
i usally let it click with the nossel right in then put it to the nearest £ so i dont have to piss about with pennys!

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Hi,
When I had a saloon I was a YTS kid, so I only ever put a fiver in! lol
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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i have a new aston cap from minispares and it still leaks out, saying that it is over a year old now but it has dont it for a while now.

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I have that problem with my saloon on a full tank, Check the mating face on the filler neck is clean and smooth, also the the rubber in the cap is not perished, giving a poor seal, this is my problem.
Shane.

I had that, I always assumed it was the rubber on the cap was past it, but never got round to testing that buy springing for a new cap.

I bought a new cap and it still did it when full, i just didnt fill it upto to the top and if i did i didnt take corners as hard.

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I have the same problem. I wouldn't worry about it igniting, but it makes a mess of the paint on mine.

As others have said, put less fuel in or corner slower!

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Hi,
Oh yeh, we love that on motorbikes
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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On 9th of Apr, 2007 at 10:10pm butterpoppy said:
wish it was diesel....think of the peeps sliding on roundabouts

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i think they actually are all like that!