jaredtxrx

So I've had this funny issue since I purchased my car about a year ago. When filling up the pump clicks-off but there is always some overflow that is in the plastic area or even some that will drip to the paint. Am I just doing something completely wrong or is this a common issue?

Once the pump automatically clicks off I NEVER try to add more. I never have done that on this car because it is already over filling.

2008 Corvette

If you are filling up on the 2nd or 3rd click of the nozzle that may be why. Use the 1st one and no problem. That way you have more time to answer questions from other customers about your Vette.

FatsWaller

Didn't notice this on the relatively few times that I filled up, but:

Do all the pumps that you use do this?
Do you insert the nozzle in all the way (i.e. down to the nozzle splash guard, assuming it has one)?

As a side note, on the 01 Aurora that I had, I had to insert the nozzle upside down, otherwise it wouldn't go in all the way. If was if the crook in the filler tube was bent the wrong way, or installed incorrectly. It always splashed when inserted the usual way because it wasn't all the way in.

jshot00

I have found out that when it cuts off NEVER try to add that extra few ounces!! over flows everytime!! Not a problem with my F150 or wifes Equinox!!

cadyshac

I have had this happen twice last year, think it has more to do with the pump than the car.

ART T

Nozzles are not created equal. I have had some work fine at full flow and others that spilled on the first notch.

JJLAI724

When it clicks off the first time. It's full. I round off to the nearest .25 cent and that's it. Otherwise it'll overflow, but the gas drains through the overflow tube inside where the filler nozzle is. Never out on the paint.

jaredtxrx

Once the pump clicks to stop I never try to add more fuel.
This happens 100% of the time at every different pump I've been to.
The pump isn't ALL the way down but it usually sits at the spring on the pump nozzle.

I may try to use the slower lock positions and see if this may help.

Turbo6TA

Exactly ...

Bruze

That's the correct answer, right there!

With my Toyata pickups, which must have snaky, twisty, long filler tubes, it seems like you can never really fill them up. I can easily put an extra 2-3 gallons -- very slowly -- after the pump snaps off. It burps like a 300 pound guy after eating three garbage plates.

Not so with the C6. Once the pump snaps off you're done.


The original "Garbage Plate," from right here in Rochester. I was pigging them down 50 years ago:

1bdvet

http://www.garbageplate.com

I have to say that looks good.

Just like the rest say, when the pump clicks, do not add anymore.

Cedar

I totally agree!

Tombovette

Where is the Shingle.

Vet Interested

Mine has started to click every 10-15 seconds when there is no way it is full. Very annoying. I have turned the nozzle at different angles which is no help. Then the next time it works good.....at a different pump. Pumps are not created equal!

Jimmy W1

Yep!! Once it clicks off the first time then stop putting it in. If you try to add more, you'll probably overflow it.

Mad*Max

Weasel

...never try to add more.

windyC6

Yep....seems like this started several years ago where it was becoming more difficult to "Top Off" a tank. We noticed it first being an issue on our Acura we had bought about 8 years ago. Might be something to do with the new sealing systems to satisfy the EPA.

COCO RICK

Now that's funny....

FloridaC6

Once the pumps clicks off i don't add any more. I did that once to round off the dollar and it spilled out onto the paint. Didn't take much either so i don't even bother.