Issues with gas pumps?
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Instructor
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From: Pinckney MI
Issues with gas pumps?
Anyone else overflowed their gas tank a bit when letting the pump run on to shutoff?
Twice now, at different gas stations, I've had the pump overflow the tank a bit, resulting in some gas in the cap area and once it spilled out onto the body panel. I now listen and manually top off the tank when I hear it getting full, but was wondering if this was common on C5s? I have a 2002 vert..
Also, where does the drain in the bottom of the cap area go to? The tank or something?
Twice now, at different gas stations, I've had the pump overflow the tank a bit, resulting in some gas in the cap area and once it spilled out onto the body panel. I now listen and manually top off the tank when I hear it getting full, but was wondering if this was common on C5s? I have a 2002 vert..
Also, where does the drain in the bottom of the cap area go to? The tank or something?
Safety Car
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I'm hesitant to reply, because as soon as I say I don't have that issue, it'll happen to me the next time
But no, not unless the pump itself is faulty, which I haven't had happen in years.....
But no, not unless the pump itself is faulty, which I haven't had happen in years.....
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From: Pinckney MI
Yeah, it's not overflowing a TON.. Just enough to splash some out of the fill tube.. Like, the pump is cutting off a second late.. I was wondering if maybe the fill tube angle was weird or something...
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There's one pump at the station by me that did this, but only in the Vette...Neon and Trailblazer were fine. So I avoid that pump if I need to fill up. Happened to another guy in town with a C5 also at that pump.
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I've had that happen to me once, but more frequently the issue is cutting off too early.
My solution is holding the pump handle to the right. For some strange reason if I do this it works just fine. No early cut offs and no overfilling. Now if I can just figure out why my fuel gauge refuses to work all the time.
My solution is holding the pump handle to the right. For some strange reason if I do this it works just fine. No early cut offs and no overfilling. Now if I can just figure out why my fuel gauge refuses to work all the time.
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Haven't had that happen - luckily no faulty shutoff mechanism on our pumps around here.
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Must be a problem with that pump not shutting off a second sooner. Happened to me before, but the station I goto now never had that happen. Try a different station and see if it happens again.
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Instructor
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From: Pinckney MI
Yeah, I tried two different pumps, at two different gas stations.. After it happened the second time, I just started manually running the pump for the last 1/2 gallon or so. Rather do that than get gas on the paint!
Thanks for chimin in guys!
Thanks for chimin in guys!
Melting Slicks
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From: Wake Forest NC
Chevy has this Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) to address the early shutoff. I'm curious to know what Chevy charges to do this.
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Last edited by s'noJob; Dec 29, 2012 at 09:15 PM.