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Flexible Vent Pipe

Some plastic fuel tanks have a small blister on top, and when the vent pipe is bent up to fit into it, it can be extremely difficult to push the stopper/pipe assembly through the tank opening. The trick is to keep the brass vent pipe short and to add a piece of silicone-rubber fuel line to the end to make up the length. Now the vent will flex as it enters the tank’s stopper opening....
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