The problem is likely to be your cars Purge Control Valve sticking open and
allowing fuel vapor to be pushed into the engine while filling the car with gas.
A rupture of the fuel tank,
allowing the fuel vapors and oxygen to mix to the right ratio to allow combustion.
I bet you've got a leak in the EVAP system that's
allowing fuel vapors out.
Not exact matches
When the engine is running and other conditions
allow, the
fuel vapors are purged from the charcoal canister into the engine air intake to be burned (see the diagram).
Bladder tank system featuring the world's first rubber polymer bladder tank developed; System has a double - layer construction that
allows expansion and shrinkage depending on the amount of
fuel and a pluggable valve that helps prevent
fuel vapors from escaping
«This is a vision of what comes next — a
fuel cell electric vehicle that delivers the driving characteristics Cadillac customers want and
allowing them to do it without using a single drop of petroleum, while emitting only water
vapor,» said Larry Burns, GM vice president for research and development.
When the engine is running and other conditions
allow, the
fuel vapors are purged from the charcoal canister into the engine to be burned.
But not all is lost when it comes to low evaporative emissions: «The Prius» new
fuel tank will use an improved
vapor - recovery system that will
allow the car to retain its low - emission rating in California,» writes the Chicago Tribute.