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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
Since the tube between cap and tank would be more direct if the cap was up top, would that not make it easier for fuel to spurt out of the top (under pressure) and land right on top of the wreck, than if it were on the side??  |
There should be a little ball inside the neck of the filler tube- I think GM does this with their cars. That little ball does a few things:
1. It prevents fuel from gushing out of the tank if the car flips.
2. Makes it reeeeeally hard for someone to siphon your gas.