Gas Overflowing During Fill Up....Why?
08-17-2007, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Michael02hawk
I just have to ask...why are you not allowed to pump gasoline into your cars fuel tank?
08-17-2007, 06:38 PM
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NJ and OR are the only two states like that. They have state laws about it. Not sure why, but no other states have those laws except those two.
A friend of mine used to be a owner/operator truck driver who drove in every state. He mentioned to me years ago that these were the only states like that.
A friend of mine used to be a owner/operator truck driver who drove in every state. He mentioned to me years ago that these were the only states like that.
08-17-2007, 07:22 PM
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NJ and OR are the only two states like that. They have state laws about it. Not sure why, but no other states have those laws except those two.
A friend of mine used to be a owner/operator truck driver who drove in every state. He mentioned to me years ago that these were the only states like that.
A friend of mine used to be a owner/operator truck driver who drove in every state. He mentioned to me years ago that these were the only states like that.
08-17-2007, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael02hawk
What? I dont understand!
You mean no one in the state of NJ or Oregon can pump gas into your own car?
You mean no one in the state of NJ or Oregon can pump gas into your own car?
08-17-2007, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael02hawk
I wonder what thier reasoning on that is.
Supposedly a lot of poor, minimum wage people would loose their jobs. And normal people are too ignorant to pump their own gas without blowing them selves up. And everyone should be riding bicycles anyway. And that's the way we've always done it.
So, in other words, no logical reason.
08-18-2007, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael02hawk
I wonder what thier reasoning on that is.
08-18-2007, 10:09 PM
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Seems like that should make sense, but not in practice. The price between here and accross the river in Wash is the same. You have to have at least a couple people at work at your local Mini-Mart. If you get rid of the one pumping gas, you stil have to have a back up. If I saw a real difference in price, everyone would scream. But it is one of those things that seems like it would make sense, but there is not a real difference. I live on the border and the price of gas is the same on either side. Market driven.
08-21-2007, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by FastB
I always heard it was because it creates jobs. Makes sense I guess, but my guess is it also raises gas prices in those two states because you know the gas stations aren't going to absorb the cost of paying someone to pump gas.
I just paid 2.59 for regular here, but I've seen some of the cheaper stations for 2.55 and 2.57
08-23-2007, 07:33 AM
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>>>>UPDATE<<<<
So today I filled it up again, using the same station as before and the same pump as before, with the tank being at the same level as before. Only thing I did different this time was to set the pump nozzle at the slower setting. This seemed to fix the issue, the tank filled up without issues, and no overflowing of any kind. Took the same amount of gas as last week too.
Very strange that this could have been the issue though, because for the 3+ years I've owned this car, I've always set the nozzle on "high" during fill up and it's never overflowed until the last two weeks. I've even been going to this same gas station and using the same pumps for the last 6 months at least, and again, no issues until the last two fill ups. So now I see that appearently when I go to this station I'll have to use the slower setting on the nozzle.
But I'd still like to try the high setting again at a different station and see what happens. I just can't understand why after all this time suddenly I need to use the slower setting. Maybe they changed something with the pumping mechanism at that station that causes it to not shut off in time when used on the high setting? That's the only thing I can think of.
So today I filled it up again, using the same station as before and the same pump as before, with the tank being at the same level as before. Only thing I did different this time was to set the pump nozzle at the slower setting. This seemed to fix the issue, the tank filled up without issues, and no overflowing of any kind. Took the same amount of gas as last week too.
Very strange that this could have been the issue though, because for the 3+ years I've owned this car, I've always set the nozzle on "high" during fill up and it's never overflowed until the last two weeks. I've even been going to this same gas station and using the same pumps for the last 6 months at least, and again, no issues until the last two fill ups. So now I see that appearently when I go to this station I'll have to use the slower setting on the nozzle.
But I'd still like to try the high setting again at a different station and see what happens. I just can't understand why after all this time suddenly I need to use the slower setting. Maybe they changed something with the pumping mechanism at that station that causes it to not shut off in time when used on the high setting? That's the only thing I can think of.
