Posted by Marilyn & Bob on July 1, 2009, 5:31 pm
> Was Istoben wrote:
>>
>>> Heard that my 2001 uses this system. Comments ? ...
>>
>> The good news is that the 2010 doesn't. It's a nuisance in freezing
>> weather because it cuts the tank capacity by at least a gallon.
>>
> I've never seen one of the tanks cut open
Then look here:
http://www.autoshop101.com/forms/Hybrid13.pdf
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but my conceptualization of
> the tank is that there is a rubber bladder inside the plastic fuel tank
> and the rubber bladder 'shrivels' up as the fuel is emptied from the tank
> and then unshrivels when it is refilled. The idea of the collapsible
> rubber bladder is to eliminate the vapor space in the tank to improve fuel
> economy and reduce vapor air emissions. Anyway, a fine idea but I notice
> that the refillable volume changes with every refill because the rubber
> bladder does not always unshrivel completeley...or at least that's my
> concept of how it is working...so that the tank volume can be 1 to 2
> gallons less than maximum if you stop filling at the first 'clunk' off
> from the fuel nozzle. I've found that you can still fill that gallon or
> so if you continue to squeeze the refueling nozzle trigger repeatedly to
> 'top off' the tank as the last few wrinkles in the rubber bladder pop
> open. You should never do that with any car with a conventional fuel tank
> and charcoal cannister but with the prius it's okay...or so it seems.
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Posted by Steve Giannoni on July 1, 2009, 6:37 pm
Many thanks to BobJ for the informative reference :
http://www.autoshop101.com/forms/Hybrid13.pdf
WOW ! ; look at all that stuff to potentially screw up !
Hope the folks at Toyota have reliable components in this complicated
system !
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:18:34 -0400, Steve Giannoni
>Heard that my 2001 uses this system. Comments ? ...
Posted by Davoud on July 2, 2009, 12:44 am
Steve Giannoni wrote:
> WOW ! ; look at all that stuff to potentially screw up !
>
> Hope the folks at Toyota have reliable components in this complicated
> system !
Does Toyota have reliable components? Does the Pope have a Crucifix?
Davoud
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>>
>>> Heard that my 2001 uses this system. Comments ? ...
>>
>> The good news is that the 2010 doesn't. It's a nuisance in freezing
>> weather because it cuts the tank capacity by at least a gallon.
>>
> I've never seen one of the tanks cut open