Tried adding Hot Shots. Now stuck with a hose sticking out of my fuel tank <sigh>

[GTyankee]

I have 2 foot long screwdrivers, i used the Phillips one to open the flaps to get a hose out.

I would guess that a metal rod would do the same thing.
Home depot has a bin of metal rods that are 3 feet long, that would be cheaper than a screw driver

I have some pix that may show you what you are fighting

 

[paustin]

take an empty plastic two liter bottle of soda or water. Cut the top and bottom off with a razor so only the smooth center piece remains...Work the thin but rigid plastic down the fuel fill neck around the stuck hose. The plastic shim will keep the trap door from digging into your funnel hose so you can pull it out. Once it’s out the shim will collapse but it’s thin and flexible enough to not get stuck in the trap door.

No joy. Since the stuck hose is fairly small and very flexible, I *can* stick a normal diesel hose in. But the trap door is stuck. I think that I must have jammed it when I tried to pull out the stuck hose. I guess it is hammering time. <sigh> I was hoping that there was some kind of a trick.

 

[crash68]

I tried that without success. I added a picture. Is what you see the "trap door" you reference? I can easily get a screwdriver under it, but is seems very solidly stuck. Neither trying to swing it out of the way, nor tapping on that bump/extrusion did anything.

There is two of those flaps in the filler neck. You should be able to stick a long screwdriver to push both those flaps open, you may need to push the hose in slightly at the same time.
A picture of the second flap with the first pushed out of the way. They have a decent spring holding them closed.

 

[2020PW]

Isn’t there a funnel under the passenger seat with the jack to add fluid to the fuel and in the event of emergencies.

Yep, it’s there’s. Part # 68415416AA

Why didn’t you use it?

 

[Brandon-w]

Whuff. That seems like an absolute crap-ton of work for something so dumb-assedly simple. And, yeah, getting down to 10 degrees, and I am in Austin, TX in an RV with my plumbing frozen solid. My workload is pretty full for this kind of self-induced foolishness. I added a picture to my original post. Can you take a look and see if you might have another suggestion?

I don't have much of a suggestion for the truck but the rv I do. I live in northern Canada and use my trailer for work now but was living in it for a winter. - 60 is not uncommon here. I bought 12v self regulating heat trace and did all my main lines, did heated tank pads and never had an issue in those temperatures. 12v helps me when I'm on work sites and don't have power.

 

[Burla]

Cut it and push it in? Out of site out of mind.

 

[KKBB]

Isn’t there a funnel under the passenger seat with the jack to add fluid to the fuel and in the event of emergencies.

Yep, it’s there’s. Part # 68415416AA

Why didn’t you use it?

I agree...they come with a funnel for this purpose!!!

 

[crash68]

Yep, it’s there’s. Part # 68415416AA

Even though the truck is supposed to come with one, lots of them disappear before delivery.
Can pick up a long neck funnel at the auto parts store cheaper

 

[turkeybird56]

Isn’t there a funnel under the passenger seat with the jack to add fluid to the fuel and in the event of emergencies.

Yep, it’s there’s. Part # 68415416AA

Why didn’t you use it?

YUP

 

[turkeybird56]

Even though the truck is supposed to come with one, lots of them disappear before delivery.
Can pick up a long neck funnel at the auto parts store cheaper

I used a big neck, long skinny Transfluid funnel when I added like Diesel Kleen to my ED. Op, if U cannot get something down there to hold the Flaps open, and U may have to push the hose down a lil to get the second unjammed, U gonna have to take the Filler Neck Apart.