Fuel filler tube

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Fuel filler tube

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Should there be an open ended fuel overflow hose dropping down from the filler tube area? Looking up from the floor directly underneath the gas cap area, I removed the protector plate covering the fuel hose to the tank. Looking up, I was surprised to see a quarter to a half inch open ended hose dropping down from the gas cap area. If correct, what is the purpose of this? If incorrect, where should it be routed?

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see the beige line on the left, it is your overflow line and should run straight down. (I am no expert but I did stay in a Holiday Inn once)

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The purpose is to drain rainwater that flows across the body panels into that space.
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