Changed Purge and Vent and still slow refuel

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Coach Larry

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2005 Yukon XL Denali extremely difficult to refuel. I changed out the canister and the purge valve and still no better. No codes present. All fuses are good. Where is next place to look? Can I assume that something is closing the vent solenoid? Or would there be another location where there could be stoppage? I have a multi-meter.

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Parts used: AC Delco
214-1105 purge valve

214-2149 canister
 

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from what I have read before there is some kind of vent hose on the upper filler tube that gets clogged up and you have to change out the filler tube to fix it and I don't think the dealer sells them but it looks like dorman offers some, this is just a example I didn't look up the year or anything, my ex wifes burb does the same thing even after I changed the purg as well, you try reading about it more first though I haven't done much more research on it yet
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...dZHzQ_cOliIr0GVf9P18QhXUDrcuH0fhoCXNQQAvD_BwE
 

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I was reading on another forum now that there is also a switch under the hood? aside from the canister and purge valve
at any rate there was also this comment
"My issue was determined to be damage to the evap lines and hoses that run above the tank. I finally decided to drop the tank on the idea that I would replace it, since I tried everything else and nothing seemed to fix it. When I dropped the tank, I noticed that someone had been there before me, the evap lines and fuel lines above the tank were crushed. It seems that a protective plate was missing, and when the tank was raised the lines got crushed. After replacing the tank and those lines, the truck behaves like it should, takes gas without shutting off the pump. Quite an expensive problem, since it's a good idea to also replace the fuel pump and seals since the tank is down anyway."
 
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Good info there Doubelieve. Sounds like I have some work to do to flush this one out. Thanks for those!
 

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On my 04 Suburban, I was having a devil of a time filling up, it would pump 2 dollars then shut off, I tried pulling out early and letting more air our from the tank and nothing would change. At first I was blaming it on the stations hose gun, some are more sensitive than others, but it would not do it and then do it on the same pump and nozzle. It drove me and my war department nuts when the time came to fill it. I did change the vent the purge canister and solenoids. I even spent some bucks and got a GM filler tube as mine was rusty anyway. The new one did not come with the overflow tube but it was fine to work. There is no valve inside this tube so elsewere I went. It turned out that inside the tank filler neck, the plastic part that protrudes before you slide the rubber fill tube over has a flapper inside. This flapper is for rollover protection. What was happening was this flapper was staying closed about 90 to 95 percent of the time and when it came time to fill up, the fuel backed up into the tube and stopped the gun, but it did not do it all the time. One of the good ole boys who was a gm mechanic told me to force this flapper into the open position and viola, problem was solved. No more fuel back up and war department was happy again.
 
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On my 04 Suburban, I was having a devil of a time filling up, it would pump 2 dollars then shut off, I tried pulling out early and letting more air our from the tank and nothing would change. At first I was blaming it on the stations hose gun, some are more sensitive than others, but it would not do it and then do it on the same pump and nozzle. It drove me and my war department nuts when the time came to fill it. I did change the vent the purge canister and solenoids. I even spent some bucks and got a GM filler tube as mine was rusty anyway. The new one did not come with the overflow tube but it was fine to work. There is no valve inside this tube so elsewere I went. It turned out that inside the tank filler neck, the plastic part that protrudes before you slide the rubber fill tube over has a flapper inside. This flapper is for rollover protection. What was happening was this flapper was staying closed about 90 to 95 percent of the time and when it came time to fill up, the fuel backed up into the tube and stopped the gun, but it did not do it all the time. One of the good ole boys who was a gm mechanic told me to force this flapper into the open position and viola, problem was solved. No more fuel back up and war department was happy again.
Interesting one. I am definitely adding this to the list as this is driving me nuts and i have same symptoms exactly.
Always good to keep the war department happy.
 

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2005 Yukon XL Denali extremely difficult to refuel. I changed out the canister and the purge valve and still no better. No codes present. All fuses are good. Where is next place to look? Can I assume that something is closing the vent solenoid? Or would there be another location where there could be stoppage? I have a multi-meter.

Thank you.

Parts used: AC Delco
214-1105 purge valve

214-2149 canister
Im 15 year Chevy tech for a dealership and it usually the cansister for the hard to fill concern
 

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97% of the time that’s problem. Vent went bad and pulled gas in to canister. Pull canister and shake and see if has fluid in it
 

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