how do you fill up

[Frank Lee]

sitting here reading along happily and thought i havent seen a thread on how you fill your tank.

That's only because you haven't looked for them.

[pounsfos]

I fill it till it clicks, then manually fill it till i can see the fuel, Their is a line in my tank and i go by that,
my car doesnt have none of that safety cr#p in it, just piping to the tank and thats it,

And thats how it should be

[busypaws]

On the nozzle I use the 2nd indent for medium speed filling, when I get close to full I go to the slow speed. After first click I manually squeeze handle slow speed untill second click. (Never tried the twisting instead of the shaking, I'll have to experiment). I miss the old pumps where you could turn the pump off (lever down) and then move the hose around with the handle squizzed to get all the fuel out of the hose.

[Ford Man]

Originally Posted by busypaws

I miss the old pumps where you could turn the pump off (lever down) and then move the hose around with the handle squizzed to get all the fuel out of the hose.

I can still do that on most of the pumps in my area and get an extra half cup or so. I put every drop in that the tank will hold.

[drv2die]

i did do a search for (how to fill) came up many many pages went through them well 9 of them and didnt see what i was looking for.

i have on occassion pulled up with the filler door away from the pump and then ran the hose over the back of the car not touching it of course. but only if im in a hurry and there is a opening

[euromodder]

I shove the nozzle into the filler tube to the same depth, then stop at the first auto shut-off.
It seems to be pretty consistent.
What error there is, will even out anyway.

[jamesqf]

These days I don't. The El Cheapo stations I pass have the lowest price for cash, so I stick a $20 bill in the reader. That's something over half a tank, and generally lasts 3 weeks to a month. (Honda Insight, 70+ mpg :-))

But in the days when I did, I'd just stick the nozzle in on the lowest notch, leave it while I washed the windows, and let it click off.

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by drv2die

i did do a search for (how to fill) came up many many pages went through them well 9 of them and didnt see what i was looking for.

i have on occassion pulled up with the filler door away from the pump and then ran the hose over the back of the car not touching it of course. but only if im in a hurry and there is a opening

I do this and always have. There are big signs at the stations here - fill up on both sides, and queues of morons who seemingly can't read but get very annoyed when I go straight to the empty pump.

There is a collar on the inside of the filler tube to George's tank which stops people putting in the larger Diesel pump end in, er, so to tap. I fill it until the fuel is at the bottom of this collar which is consistent and leaves a couple of inches for expansion.

Spills kill bikers, and all that.

[Mustang Dave]

Originally Posted by euromodder

I shove the nozzle into the filler tube to the same depth, then stop at the first auto shut-off.
It seems to be pretty consistent.
What error there is, will even out anyway.

That's my method, as well. At the same fuel station and the same pump, if possible. It's quite consistent.

[Arragonis]

Of course there is the "buy your petrol on a cool day because its more dense" debate ?