this is more ofa rant as I doubt there's any "fix" since there's nothing technically wrong, however it still ticks me off


when I fill up my Dak the pump's check valve will trigger and the tank will be close to full, then there's the normal fiddling around to top up the tank or to get the price to roll over to a nice even number......problem is the tank isn't full

if I'm patient (which isn't one of my stronger qualities) then I can stand and continue to pump another 5-8 liters (1 - 2 gallons for people south of the 49th parallel) into the tank if I use a really slow flow....like I said before I don't think there's any way around this and I'm sure the engineers probably have a reason for making it difficult to squeeze that last little bit of gas in but when I fill up my tank I want it to be 100% full and not 92%

 

IIRC, most of us (south of the 49th parallel) don't have this problem. When it clicks, its full. If I try to put anymore in there, it leaks all over the place...

 

Do not top off! Overfilling the tank can ruin the charcoal canister that traps fuel vapors, it's part of the emissions system.

 

i tried to get 7 cents more today to roun it off and 3 cents went down the side of my truck!

 

sometimes i can put an extra gallon in there, sometimes its to the brim. i wonder if it varies at different stations. ill have to pay more attention

 

The one time I tried to put in 13 cents extra to make it an even dollar I had to buy some water to rinse off the side of my truck

 

Ya, it's gay that way...

 

i dont have that problem, i can afford to pay pablo to pump my gas

 

let it sit for about 30 seconds and you'll see what I mean....the tank burps a bit then you can continue to top it up


thats a very reasonable explanation, thanks!

I guess I'll have to curb my obsessive compulsive ways and just be happy with 95% full


better then the side of your pants


sort of disgusting that the price of water (based on a 24oz bottle of water and a gallon of regular unleaded in SFO) is twice the cost of the gas


so far pablo hasn't made it this far north