2007 dodge grand caravan fuel tank vent valve

What possibly could happen to one like in my pics, is a small hose, stick or foreign object get inserted into it, and broke off when it was snatched out or was small and wedged itself between the ball and the cage Its sorda a fragile cage around the ball. But someone could ezily punch this thing on, into your tank. These too might also prevent a 'novice siphon-er' from stealing your fuel. I have seen them broken and floating around somewhere in the tank-and no repercussions occurred, still drove fine, with other vehicles

With my super engineering skills, I think the only real reason for a check ball is for 'anti slosh' and might also prevent gas from coming out of the gas cap if the vehicle turned over. Yours may be sorta like this-upon looking thru 'mitchell i' I could not find a diagram of your system This one just so happened to be laying in the bed of dodge ram pickup truck (whether it went to the truck, I do nt know)

I need a filler to modify and put on a old willys jeep fuel tank It is very annoying to try and fill the tank and the backup shuts off the fuel nozzle every few seconds. Is this a problem on this model that others have had and can you tell me what to do to fix the problem. I was able with difficulty to pass it another 18 - 24 inches but never was able to get to the fuel level but was afraid to push too hard in case their was a screen at the top of the tank. I ran a small garden hose down the filler neck and it was difficult to advance after about one foot. The last two fuelings I had problems both times when trying to fill with the gauge showing one fourth tank. I don't know if these two things are related.

At the same time we started experiencing this problem, it seems the fuel gauge began to stay between full and half for a very long time, then when you go below half full, it falls very rapidly, especially the last quarter tank. This problem does not happen on a predictable basis, except perhaps more prone to when refueling with a tank that is near half full. My 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan purchased used in 2003 started having a problem with the fuel backing up into the filler neck when fueling.

2007 dodge grand caravan fuel tank vent valve