Anyone else have trouble pumping gas? - Page 2 - G35Driver

Mar 18, 2008 | 05:28 PM

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MrJohnTan

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Originally Posted by max2k1

How do you manage to run the car on empty ??

please tell me -- I could save a whole lot on gas bills

j/k

haha funny...

Mar 18, 2008 | 05:33 PM

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PR G35S

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I have problems pumping Gas every time I see the price on the pumps

William

Mar 19, 2008 | 08:10 AM

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airhoppz

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Originally Posted by WUKILLABEEZ

That has happened to me also but in my case it definitely isn't due to a malfunction of the car. Around here some of the gas stations put a limit on the amount of gas you can get, usually $50s worth. After I've pumped $50s worth of gas the pump cuts off and you can't get anymore. I think you can probably get around that though by starting a new transaction with a different credit/debit card.

That sounds like something I'd file a lawsuit over.

Mar 19, 2008 | 08:38 AM

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Kuneff

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I have been told it is a valve inside the fuel tank that causes that. I am about to change mine and see if that fixes it.

Mar 19, 2008 | 12:38 PM

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WUKILLABEEZ

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Originally Posted by airhoppz

That sounds like something I'd file a lawsuit over.

Why would you file a lawsuit over something like that? Any business or company reserves the right to limit the quantity of goods you can purchase from them. No different from electronic stores limiting people to only purchasing one Nintendo Wii, etc...

Many service stations here limit your gas purchase to $50 and it has never bothered me.

Mar 19, 2008 | 01:30 PM

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Ya, i don't know that you can pull off a lawsuit for it, but i agree it is quite annoying. I came from a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 23gal tank and can easily dropped over $80 into that thing in one filling.

I just laugh at the "you ran it on empty for too long", where in the manual do they say you should keep the tank over 1/2 way filled? If a fuel pump is having trouble getting gas all the way up from teh bottom of the tank, perhaps you designed the car with the wrong fuel pump

Mar 20, 2008 | 08:46 PM

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bfspider

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I get this at some stations. Sometimes I have to slide the rubber guard on the pump back to get the pump to put gas in the car.
I just try to avoid the troubled ones. I think that the pump is over pressurized and the sensor in the pump keeps kicking off when you're pumping gas.

Annoying!

Mar 20, 2008 | 09:52 PM

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306HP

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This happened to me at a BP gas station, it never happens on the no name brand stations though

Mar 20, 2008 | 09:52 PM

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306HP

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This happened to me at a BP gas station, it never happens on the no name brand stations though

Mar 21, 2008 | 12:33 PM

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Yes, I do.

Everytime I pumped the gas, I looked at 3.55/gallon ( I live in Houston, TX.) and it makes me bleeds inside...

Mar 22, 2008 | 06:08 PM

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CoppellStereo

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From: College Station, TX

as i said before, mine cuts off randomly to, and someone said to turn the handle to the side, and pump. i tried this, and doesn't work all the time, but then i pulled out the pump a few inches, then turned the handle to the left, and i was able to put 8 more gallons in this way, i was just afraid to pump it all the way up since it probably wouldn't shut off until it was overflowing