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gone-ot · 03-08-2011, 03:35 PM

...go to the GILBARCO VEEDER-ROOT website; they manufacture gas pump systems. Look under "fuel vapor recovery" for more info about how & why the tanks "suck" back excess fuel at the pump so as to not allow it to get into the air (especially used in California).

...here's what EPA has to say about it (text in yellow box):

http://www.epa.gov/donttopoff/

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gone-ot ...beats walking... Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,190 Thanks: 179 Thanked 1,525 Times in 1,126 Posts	...go to the GILBARCO VEEDER-ROOT website; they manufacture gas pump systems. Look under "fuel vapor recovery" for more info about how & why the tanks "suck" back excess fuel at the pump so as to not allow it to get into the air (especially used in California). ...here's what EPA has to say about it (text in yellow box): http://www.epa.gov/donttopoff/ Last edited by gone-ot; 03-08-2011 at 04:41 PM..