Unable to fill tank fully?

I recently moved to CA. I can't seem to fill my tank fully. Unless I
get a complete seal from the nozzle to the tank, the gas won't flow.
Doing so pushes the nozzle into the tank several inches and kills the
flow early.

Does anyone have a pointer to how to properly fill up the tank fully?
Being short by 1.5 gallons sucks.

Thanks a bunch

Jim

 

I assume you're talking about the pumps that have a foreskin?
Just pull it back with your hand.

-Patti

 

When you do that, you may want to reduce the rate of flow so as to get
all the gas you're paying for to stay on the inside of the tank.

Rich, Urban Biker

 

Hi

I am thinking of getting one of these....

http://tinyurl.com/us3zh

it might save a few cents, or dollars, at the going rate.

dave

 

Exactly. There's a sensor in the nozzle that shuts off the gas when fuel
levels get high enough to trigger it. Works fine with automobiles. Sucks
with motorcycles.

You have to yank that rubber sheath back enough to breathe the lovely
smell of gas. Plus, you have to pay attention, you can overfill the tank
by disabling the sensor.

--
Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC (wdne)

"Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to
have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous,
ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can
produce."

--Molly Ivins

 

Heh. You mean, gas-soaked shoes don't count as a reserve tank?

--
Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC (wdne)

"Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to
have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous,
ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can
produce."

--Molly Ivins

 

Actually, it's easier than that. They have a contact wire; you just need
to compress the end of the boot a little.

The gas shutoff sensor seems to be inside the metal part of the nozzle,
at least on the various pumps I've run into. You hold back the foreskin
a bit (enough to tease the sensor into thinking it's snugged up against
something), put the tip of the metal in line with the fuel tabs at the
top of the tank, and just pump. It'll shut off when the fuel hits the
tip.

At least, all of the Chevron stations I use work that way.

 

Things are not necessarily as they seem.

 

Yep. Care to share? I'm curious how the things work.

 

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question25.htm

 

The Car Talk version is that the pump pulses the fuel. This creates a pressure wave. As the talk
fills, the returning wave becomes stronger. When a set threshold is set, the pump shuts off the gas.

 

Thanks to everyone who responded. I learned something. I managed to
pull the "foreskin" back and now have a full tank of gas. God, that was
frustrating. The tip of slowing down the rate was useful also. The gas
stayed in the tank instead of all over the place.

Jim

 

The people who know this stuff, we were around before those foreskins
were required by law, back when "Ethyl" was a fuel and not Lucy's neighbor.

The fueling sheaths are to protect us from gas fumes. Personally, I love
the smell of gasoline in the morning, it smells like Road Trip!

--
Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC (wdne)

"Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to
have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous,
ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can
produce."

--Molly Ivins

 

I can barely remember the pre-Lucy days. Most of the cars parked on my
block then had running boards. The major brands of gas were Socony, who
sold oil under the Mobil name, and Tidol, whose lubricant went by the
name Veedol.

Rich, Urban Biker

 

I remember 25 cent a gallon fuel and Flying A.

 

When I first took up motorcycling, I experienced a sense of deja-vu
when I filled my tank for $5.00 and got back change.

Al Moore
DoD 734

 

You can't even do that any more.

 

Nope. Costs around $10-$11 to fill my standard R65 tank. Dang, that's
double what it used to cost, or more. I've filled it for $4 not that
long ago...

--
Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC (wdne)

"Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to
have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous,
ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can
produce."

--Molly Ivins

 

The weekend after 9/11 I got very low on fuel coming down the north
side of Mt. Lassen on my Goldwing. I made it to Old station and the
fillup was 5.25 gallons at $2.149 per gallon for a total price of
$11.28. This set my personal records for the most fuel and the most
money on a M/C fillup. Now, of course, I exceed the money record on
routine fillups of less than 4 gallons.