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Old 07-05-2016, 08:51 AM   #13
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Hello JFP, a gearhead friend of mine mentioned that the vent tube could have some fuel inside as a result of over filling, if this is correct, could be possible for me to disconnect the hose at the other end and blow some air through to remove the fuel?

I traced the hose on the engine compartment and it runs down in parallel to the power steering tubes that go to the front of the car, do you know if this hose have a connection somewhere that can be open? If so, I could disconnect it to try to remove the fuel inside, is this sounds logical?

Thank you for your comments!
You won't find fuel in this line, but it can become plugged with carbon from the EVAP canister, so blowing it out with compressed air is a good idea.

This should help you with were the connections are:

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