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A tank venting system includes a first vent apparatus mounted on a top wall of a fuel tank, a second vent apparatus mounted on a raised top wall of a vapor dome on the fuel tank to lie in diagonally spaced-apart relation to the first vent apparatus, a fuel vapor conduit conducting fuel vapor dischar

A tank venting system includes a first vent apparatus mounted on a top wall of a fuel tank, a second vent apparatus mounted on a raised top wall of a vapor dome on the fuel tank to lie in diagonally spaced-apart relation to the first vent apparatus, a fuel vapor conduit conducting fuel vapor discharged from the first and second vent apparatus to a vapor-recovery canister, and a nozzle shut-off tube having an inlet end extending through an aperture formed in the raised top wall of the vapor dome and an outlet end coupled to a fuel tank filler neck. The inlet end of the nozzle shut-off tube is configured to sense liquid fuel levels in the fuel tank.

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A tank venting system comprising a tank formed to include an interior region, the tank including a top wall overlying a first portion of the interior region and a bottom wall underlying the top wall and defining a floor of the interior region, a vapor dome positioned to rise vertically above the top

A tank venting system comprising a tank formed to include an interior region, the tank including a top wall overlying a first portion of the interior region and a bottom wall underlying the top wall and defining a floor of the interior region, a vapor dome positioned to rise vertically above the top wall of the tank, the vapor dome being formed to include a vapor-receiving space overlying a second portion of the interior region of the tank adjacent to the first portion and communicating with the interior region of the tank to receive fuel vapor generated by liquid fuel contained in the interior region of the tank, the vapor dome including a raised top wall defining a ceiling of the vapor-receiving space and lying at a first elevation vertically above the top wall of the tank so that the top wall of the tank lies at a second elevation vertically above the bottom wall of the tank and vertically below the elevation of the raised top wall of the vapor dome, a first vent apparatus mounted on the top wall of the tank to vent the interior region of the tank, and a second vent apparatus mounted on the raised top wall of the vapor dome to vent the vapor-receiving space of the vapor dome and wherein the tank further includes a first end, a filler neck coupled to the first end, an opposite second end lying in spaced-apart relation to the first end, a first side wall extending longitudinally between the first and second ends, and a second side wall extending longitudinally between the first and second ends and lying in spaced-apart relation to the first side wall, the top wall of the tank is bisected longitudinally to define a first half section adjacent to the first side wall and a second half section adjacent to the second side wall, the raised top wall of the vapor dome is bisected longitudinally to define a first half portion in close proximity to the first side wall and a second half portion in close proximity to the second side wall, the first vent apparatus is mounted in an aperture formed in the first half portion of the top wall of the tank, and the second vent apparatus is mounted in an aperture formed in the second half portion of the raised top wall of the vapor dome so that the first and second vent apparatus lie in diagonally spaced-apart relation on opposite sides of a reference line longitudinally bisecting the top wall of the tank and longitudinally bisecting the raised top wall of the vapor dome.