Fuel tank vapor canister tube location?

[glenhead]

Ok, I spent the last couple of boring conference call hours searching for details to this, and couldn't find it. I'm an engineer - I crave specifics, not nebulousities. Blah blah.

I just filled the tank for the second time on our new Prius yesterday (wow, that's some fractured syntax...) It shut off at right around nine gallons, which I knew had to be short, based on miles on the tank versus displayed mpg. The nine gallons were on the slowest click of the nozzle. I figured I'd at least round it up to the next bit, got distracted, and it took another 1.85 gallons - total 10.92 gallons. Nothing burped, couldn't see gasoline in the neck, but it took a lot more than I expected it to.

Where, exactly, in a 2006, is the vapor recovery canister tube that is alleged to be in peril of dumping fuel into the canister? Is it just below the nozzle hole (as I expect it should be)? Is there indeed no valve to keep liquid out of the canister? I know that in the dark ages, any recovery tubes were at the top edge of the filler neck, at about 10 o'clock (or 2 o'clock, depending on your perspective), so it was danged near impossible to get fuel into them because of the angles involved. Is this no longer the case? I'm hoping someone with a shop manual can maybe post a picture to satisfy my compulsive nature...

Thanks for the help! By the bye, we're running a bit over 43mpg on the first two tanks, without really paying any attention to trying to conserve - one h*lluva lot better than the 17.6 in the Suburban!! Yay!

[seasalsa]

[attachmentid=4246]Here is a view of the fuel tank and filler assembly.

[glenhead]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(seasalsa @ Jul 25 2006, 11:23 AM) [snapback]291998[/snapback]</div>

[attachmentid=4246]Here is a view of the fuel tank and filler assembly.
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Hey, SeaSalsa, thanks!

From this, it appears that you'd have to fill the neck to the nozzle port to even get to the tube at the 9-o'clock position - the tube at 12-o'clock looks pretty well inaccessible. That answers my question.

Thanks again!