Petrol Pump Miss-hap

toadster · Post by **toadster** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:35 pm

LO All

Was filling up with fuel a couple of days ago , looking at the amount of fuel going in on the pump display , it went past £60 mark which i thought was a bit more than normal

looked around to my filler and it was gushing out and down the side of my car

I think i prob wasted quite a bit of fuel judging by the amount on the floor

, anyone else had a pump not cut out

first time it's happened to me

Cheers

Toadster

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:39 pm

Nope.
But I did once put half a tank of U/L into a work van before I realised...

topped up the rest with diesel and it seemed to love it though

What did the garage person say when you told them the pump was fooked?

EDIT: Normally I find it's the other way round with pumps and they cut out too early, damn things

Post by **indigolemon** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:41 pm

Had that on my old Metro, in fairness to the pump, the petrol was gushing out of a rotten breather pipe - not the filler neck

Sounds very annoying though, given how expensive fuel is already

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:42 pm

Scrabbling round on the floor with a straw?

toadster · Post by **toadster** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:44 pm

wurlycorner wrote:What did the garage person say when you told them the pump was fooked?

Asked if i had the nozzel in correctly

They just put some sand down after i drove off , just hope they got it checked-out afterwards.

Cheers

Toad

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:52 pm

Happened to me in a Mitsi Galant, altho it was because the filler neck was rotten right through!

Rocky · Post by **Rocky** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:08 pm

Nope, but when I had the tank reskinned they forgot to reattach the filler pipe so I just about £40 worth of petrol straight onto the floor

I probably wuld have noticed sooner but the tanker was in so the smell of petrol was already alot stronger than usual.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:12 pm

Was it the wet feet that gave it away in the end?

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:33 pm

Perhaps they should have a box for welly boots next to the glove section?