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<blockquote data-quote="Rafter S" data-source="post: 1785262" data-attributes="member: 21194"><p>I never was much of a mechanic, but I had an uncle who was a mechanic his whole adult life. He told me a story one time about when he was working for a dealership, and a guy brought in a truck he was having problems with. He said it would start okay, but after driving for a while it would quit. It wouldn't start again unless he waited 15 minutes or so, and then everything was okay again, but again for just a little while. He had taken it to several places and no one could figure it out. My uncle told the customer "let's take it out for a ride so I can see what happens."</p><p></p><p>He said he got behind the wheel and the owner got in the passenger seat, they took off and headed out of town, and sure enough after they'd got a little ways the engine died. My uncle said he couldn't figure it out, but he needed to take a leak, so he stepped out and took care of that. Just before he got back into the truck he happened to hit the gas cap with the side of his fist (it was one of the pickups with the tank right behind the seat). When he did he heard a little "psst."</p><p></p><p>He got back in and told the guy they could head on back to the dealership. The guy said "No we can't. We'll need to wait a while before it will start again," but sure enough, it started up right away, they went back to the dealership. My uncle put a new gas cap on the truck, and send him on his way.</p><p></p><p>For those of you, like me, who aren't mechanically minded, the gas cap wasn't vented properly, so as the truck ran for a while it would pull a vacuum in the tank and the gas wouldn't get to the carburetor, so the motor would die. When my uncle bumped the cap with his fist it let some air in, so it started up right away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rafter S, post: 1785262, member: 21194"] I never was much of a mechanic, but I had an uncle who was a mechanic his whole adult life. He told me a story one time about when he was working for a dealership, and a guy brought in a truck he was having problems with. He said it would start okay, but after driving for a while it would quit. It wouldn't start again unless he waited 15 minutes or so, and then everything was okay again, but again for just a little while. He had taken it to several places and no one could figure it out. My uncle told the customer "let's take it out for a ride so I can see what happens." He said he got behind the wheel and the owner got in the passenger seat, they took off and headed out of town, and sure enough after they'd got a little ways the engine died. My uncle said he couldn't figure it out, but he needed to take a leak, so he stepped out and took care of that. Just before he got back into the truck he happened to hit the gas cap with the side of his fist (it was one of the pickups with the tank right behind the seat). When he did he heard a little "psst." He got back in and told the guy they could head on back to the dealership. The guy said "No we can't. We'll need to wait a while before it will start again," but sure enough, it started up right away, they went back to the dealership. My uncle put a new gas cap on the truck, and send him on his way. For those of you, like me, who aren't mechanically minded, the gas cap wasn't vented properly, so as the truck ran for a while it would pull a vacuum in the tank and the gas wouldn't get to the carburetor, so the motor would die. When my uncle bumped the cap with his fist it let some air in, so it started up right away. [/QUOTE]
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