Morris Minor Owners Club

With petrol spewing out of the filler neck every time I fill up. Is there a special tecnique to doing this to stop it happening?

Call me paranoid if you will but years ago I just stuck the nozzle in and the tank filled. Now regardless of which car I use the petrol gurgles and sploshes its way in and invariably trips the pressure sensor in the pump and it cuts out every 5 seconds (BP seem to be much worse than others).
Is it the additives in fuel that are making it frothy?

Not sure if the saloon/conv. is the same, but with the traveller if you turn the nozzle upside down and to the left a bit, it will go all the way into the filler neck. This reduces but doesn't completely eliminate the splashback. Be aware that a small amount of petrol may pour out of the nozzle when you first turn it upside down. Reducing the flow rate when the tank is nearly full also helps.

Nine years ago when I had my first Minor pumps seemed to be slower and/or the automatic cutoff more sensitive, and they didn't do this anywhere near as often.

I find the traveller less prone to this than the saloon - it looks to me as though the filler is steeper than in the saloon.

I just run the petrol pump a little slower. It doesn't take much more time and avoids petrol on my shoes.

I thought it was same fuel tank on all Minors ? Modern pumps are 'fast fill-up' - and yes it's a nuisance on all my cars excepet the TR7 - where it's a straight vertical drop into the tank and a good wide filler tube. Huge tank too - i'll never afford to 'fill' it!

bmcecosse wrote:I thought it was same fuel tank on all Minors ?

Same tank but the filler is slightly different.

Ahhh - bit longer on the Trav ?

The angle from the filler neck to the tank is steeper on the Trav than the saloon.

At least, it looks that way to me and I find filling the Trav easier than filling the saloon.

Indeed - it's pretty much a straright run on the Trav.

This think the design of the "breather" leaves a lot to be desired as it doesn't extend the airway into the top of the tank.
When I can find a suitable bit of tube I intend to put it between to double skinned section of the filler neck and down into the top of the tank so there is some chance of air escaping as petrol is introduced.
Brake pipe would be too small but I think small bore central heating pipe might do it.

Turn the handle upside down, it helps. The other thing is to take it easier when it starts to get a bit more full.