NEVER Trust a Gas Pump!
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04-04-2009, 07:54 PM
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NEVER Trust a Gas Pump!
I filled up tonight at a Valero. I never "lock" the handle beyond the first latch on the handle and this time was no different, until...
I'm standing there when all of a sudden the gas is coming out of the top of the tank and down the left side of the bike and it's not stopping. By the time I grab the handle and shut off the gas flow, the whole left side of the bike is smoking from the hot engine and I'm standing there waiting for the whole thing to go up in flames. It doesn't.
After safing everything as much as possible, I go inside and talk to the mindless folks behind the counter who don't have a clue about the seriousness of what just happened. When I kick it up a notch, they promise to tell the manager. I told them that would be a good idea because I didn't think their manager would want to buy a burnt to a crisp Harley for new prices. That got their attention, but by the time I'd left, they still hadn't come out to put a sign on the handle that the automatic fuel cutoff wasn't working on that particular handle. Oh well.
Moral of the story, NEVER EVER take your eyes off the gas while it's pumping!
I'm standing there when all of a sudden the gas is coming out of the top of the tank and down the left side of the bike and it's not stopping. By the time I grab the handle and shut off the gas flow, the whole left side of the bike is smoking from the hot engine and I'm standing there waiting for the whole thing to go up in flames. It doesn't.
After safing everything as much as possible, I go inside and talk to the mindless folks behind the counter who don't have a clue about the seriousness of what just happened. When I kick it up a notch, they promise to tell the manager. I told them that would be a good idea because I didn't think their manager would want to buy a burnt to a crisp Harley for new prices. That got their attention, but by the time I'd left, they still hadn't come out to put a sign on the handle that the automatic fuel cutoff wasn't working on that particular handle. Oh well.
Moral of the story, NEVER EVER take your eyes off the gas while it's pumping!
#3
04-04-2009, 08:05 PM
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Been through this twice in 6 weeks. I now estimate how much I need to fill based on the tank size and leave a buffer so I don't overflow again.
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04-04-2009, 08:05 PM
I hear ya there! I am in the fuel buisness and the key is to monitor any nozzle manually because auto shut off nozzles make such a mess when they fail.
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04-04-2009, 08:08 PM
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hmmmm.. I never used the handle lock in all the years I have been ridin!! I always hold it and watch the tank fill...
#6
04-04-2009, 08:13 PM
I've never used the lock when filling my bike. I watch the fill as close as I can.
Now, I certainly use it when filling my truck - it takes too long to fill a 34 gal tank and too much $$$
Now, I certainly use it when filling my truck - it takes too long to fill a 34 gal tank and too much $$$
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04-04-2009, 08:14 PM
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+1 on the 34 gal tank and mine is diesel!!
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04-04-2009, 08:26 PM
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+1, It doesn't take that long to fill the tank.
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04-04-2009, 08:28 PM
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come to think of it..... I don't know anyone who locks the handle fillin a bike with a hot engine!!! Hmmmmm!!
