I had a mishap at the gas pump

[fourfourto]

I was filling up on the way back from camping and I had the pump running as I was cleaning windshield(the pump had a lock clip I didnt wedge something in there) and it didnt stop when full and started to overflow all over the back of the truck. It must have put a couple of gallons on the ground.
Then the truck started to run rough and black smoke came out the tailpipe and then it stalled ?(yes I had it running as I was pumping gas)
It started back up a moment later and alls fine ,I saw a hose next to the office and hosed it down good.I also went inside to tell the guy so he could clean it up and he gave me a look because he had to get off his a$$.I wasnt in the mood to confront him about the couple of gallons I lost ,I was more concerned about hosing down the rig.
If he was pumping and it happened I would of had a $hit fit.

It must have backflowed into vent tube ,also it took a moment to settle down the fill tube.

This had never happend to me even if I wedge something in there, good thing no one was smoking

[wannabeH3]

WHO LEAVES THEIR VEHICLE RUNNING WHILE FILLING??????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????

[wannabeH3]

you know that gas tank is pressurized right? thats prolly why it stalled... thats why you get a check engine light if you leave the cap off because it cant pressurize... this prolly has something to do with why it overfilled... anyways thats just dangerous man, you always need to turn that thing off.

[wannabeH3]

You coulda been like one of those ali babbas that pours gas on themselves and then lights on fire.... that happened to me once!

[wannabeH3]

one more post just for good measure

[NJ H2]

Originally Posted by fourfourto

I was filling up on the way back from camping and I had the pump running as I was cleaning windshield(the pump had a lock clip I didnt wedge something in there) and it didnt stop when full and started to overflow all over the back of the truck. It must have put a couple of gallons on the ground.
Then the truck started to run rough and black smoke came out the tailpipe and then it stalled ?(yes I had it running as I was pumping gas)
It started back up a moment later and alls fine ,I saw a hose next to the office and hosed it down good.I also went inside to tell the guy so he could clean it up and he gave me a look because he had to get off his a$$.I wasnt in the mood to confront him about the couple of gallons I lost ,I was more concerned about hosing down the rig.
If he was pumping and it happened I would of had a $hit fit.

It must have backflowed into vent tube ,also it took a moment to settle down the fill tube.

This had never happend to me even if I wedge something in there, good thing no one was smoking

The above story would have never happened in New Jersey

[Desert Dan]

Where you talking on your cell phone too?

Your lucky you didn't blow yourself up.

[RuggedH2]

Originally Posted by fourfourto

good thing no one was smoking

that is funny.



I've filled my truck with the engine running before, I'm just crazy reckless, and a fast lane living wildman - I suppose.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

OLDSMOBILE HUH ? !!!!


LOL

[fourfourto]

Originally Posted by wannabeH3

WHO LEAVES THEIR VEHICLE RUNNING WHILE FILLING??????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????

It was hot and the wife and dog were inside,I shut it off 99.9% of the time.Who knew I would be using a defective pump.
It never clicked off.

In NJ you have to let them pump it,it still would have happened if the guy walked away.

[fourfourto]

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

OLDSMOBILE HUH ? !!!!

LOL

It happened in the H3 not the olds

I havent driven the olds for a couple of months,I took it ourt for a spin today and it was breaking up at 5,000 rpms.
I probobly need a new distributor cap ,sitting in the humid weather this happens every couple of years.
Ill get a new one tommorow .

[DennisAJC]

"DARWIN paging fourfourto!!!

Thankfully you didn't take out any innocent people who don't deserve to be around your stupidity. Leaving the engine running when filling up?

It's like saying 99% of the time you never leave your loaded gun in the kid's room. Jeebus.

[timgco]

Originally Posted by 03H3

that is funny.



I've filled my truck with the engine running before, I'm just crazy reckless, and a fast lane living wildman - I suppose.

TRUE! You do ride a Harley. "WILD HOGS!"

[HummerHippy]

once, when the only pump available was on the wrong side of the H3, I pulled up and was able to get the pump nozzel into the H3 from all the way around the back of the truck. But, the nozzel was not verticle. It was horizontal because there wasn't enough hose to let it hang properly. Anyway, I too was cleaning the windshield and the auto cutoff failed on the hose. So I wondered if it can be related to the hose position/angle/whatever, as well.

Don't over fill new cars because of the new evaporator something of new fuel emission crap in the tank or something like that.

[RuggedH2]

Originally Posted by timgco

TRUE! You do ride a Harley. "WILD HOGS!"

I've been waiting for that to go to video, haven't seen it yet. I read other opinions on the chopper forum, most thought it was good. Of course they mostly live and breathe bikes, they hate the RUB's (Rich,Urban,Bikers) portrayed in the movie. I personally don't see anything wrong with riding in shorts and tennis shoes, when it's hot. I'm reckless like that.

End thread-jack.

[fourfourto]

Originally Posted by DennisAJC

"DARWIN paging fourfourto!!!

Thankfully you didn't take out any innocent people who don't deserve to be around your stupidity. Leaving the engine running when filling up?

It's like saying 99% of the time you never leave your loaded gun in the kid's room. Jeebus.

I didnt say 99% I said 99.9% thats 1 in a thousand I dont think anyone hear doesnt leave it running at least once .
I never had the pump stick in 29 years of driving, I was very suprised
funny thing several people at the pumps just stood there doing there thing and hardly noticiced...Whats with that must be the hummer.
I did myself

I leave my rifle loaded all the time ,I dont have kids.
I do have them locked away when roaming kids like my brothers boys are over.
What good is a unloaded gun if you need it quick ?


I remember the days when everyone puled up to the pump with a cig lit and left it running.

I will tell the tale to the new group of drivers ed kids in september,I will admit to being stupid.

[Sewie]

Originally Posted by fourfourto

I dont think anyone hear doesnt leave it running at least once .

Nope. Never. And the AC, radio, etc. will work without the engine running.

[Huck BB62]

Egads, people are harsh (and uninformed)

#1. Cell phones don't and can't cause gas ignition. The Mythbusters tried fifteen ways to hell and back to try to make it. There's no contacts, relays, spark making means for one to do so. Myth busted, it's an urban legend.

#2. If cars running caused a tank to blow up, we'd all be dead. There's half a dozen cars running around you at any given moment.

#3. What IS dangerous is static. THIS has been proven to cause ignition of gas fumes, the same as filling gas containers in the back of a truck. Women, more than men, get into the car while it's filling, then get out. They build up a healthy static charge. Reach over and touch the pump housing, and a part of the car (not near the danged gas nozzle) to get rid of the charge.

[Desert Dan]

1 gallon of gasoline (vapor) = 20 sticks of dynamite!

Gasoline is readily available and routinely used in most households. In spite of the routine use of gasoline, many people are unaware of or unappreciative of the dangers of gasoline. Gasoline is dangerous because it is highly volatile. The fumes are capable of ignition up to12 feet away from a pooled source. It can float on water and may spread long distances, making ignition and flash back possible. Gasoline may ignite from a nearby spark, flame, or even static electricity and become a "fireball" with a temperature of 15,000 degrees F.
Two physical properties explain why gasoline is significantly more hazardous than other flammable liquids found in the home:

• Flash point?the minimum temperature at which the liquid will give off sufficientvapor to form an ignitable mixture with air.
• Vapor density?ratio of density of vapor to the density of air. Substances with avapor density greater than 1 are heavier than air and tend to accumulate in low orenclosed spaces.

[fourfourto]

#2. If cars running caused a tank to blow up, we'd all be dead. There's half a dozen cars running around you at any given moment.

Wasn't worryed about it running so much as much as the gas waterfalling out the fill hole , I got out away from pump quickly as posible(had to restart truck) and hosed it down 50 feet away.
I hope the attendant did a proper clean up ,I saw him put a cone there.