Maladeen

Ok guys so today i had to take a nice little trip after work down to savage mn, if anyone knows where that is. Once i got there i filled up my gas tank "about 6 gallons roughly" then drove to this shop to get a few things. Stayed there b.s-ing and whatever for about an hour plus. Then drove home which is about a 30-40 mile ride. Once i got home i was sitting in the civic toying with some things on my stereo when i started to smell gas. I look back and near my rear tire low and behold is gas just leaking it seemed. I opened the gas tank latch and started to screw off the cap and gas started to gush out.

Once it stopped i screwed the cap back on and power hosed to clean the area. It didnt seem to be leaking at that point anymore. So i drove it around the block and it felt like it always did. Basically my question is has anything like this happened to anyone, do you think it was a one time occurance, especially since it was hot out like upper 80's low 90's. Also is it normal that when you remove the gas cap it seems like a lot of pressure is released from the tank? Any feedback is appreciated.

guessohw

It almost sounds like the system pressured itself off the fuel return line based on what you said. I would just keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't happen again.