Is it just me, or does anyone else have petrol running down the rear tub every time they fill up at the petrol station? No matter how careful I am or how slowly I pump the petrol, I always seem to fill up too much! Is there a special knack to it that I'm missing??

Listen ... you should hear the "gurgling" as the fuel starts up the filler pipe - then stop.

 

I can fill mine right to the filler cap. When it starts to blow back I rock the vehicle to shift the air which, despite having the vent pipe in the right place, always blows back. There are no leaks and after driving a mile or 2 the fuel in the filler tube is gone.

Make sure the air breather pipe is not kinked.


 

I put some E5 stuff in mine today. And price it is I can't afford to spill any.

Thanks all...I obviously need to open my ears and press the trigger less!

  I have better luck not overflowing the tank if I leave the handy dandy extendable filler spout in the down position.
But you still have to quickly manually shut it off as soon as the petrol starts up the spout. The automatic feature on the pump handle does not seem to work very good with the big wide filler neck.

  Victor

My 109 takes diesel. I leave the filler tube down and slowly fill 'cause the fuel foams A LOT! I have to do it by hand and believe me it takes some time. It helps to know how much I need to put in. As Alan says; listen to the vent tube "glugging", I usually fill to the bottom of the filler tube. Diesel is $5.69gl in my neck of the woods.  

 Diesel is $7.20 per Canadian gallon up here.
 Premium is $9.90 per Canadian gallon.

  Victor

Quote from: island dormy on Mar 23, 2024, 07:19 PMI have better luck not overflowing the tank if I leave the handy dandy extendable filler spout in the down position.
But you still have to quickly manually shut it off as soon as the petrol starts up the spout. The automatic feature on the pump handle does not seem to work very good with the big wide filler neck.

  Victor

Same here. First times around the petrol just squirted from the filler neck. As if the jet coming from the nozzle is to powerful for the tank and filler neck configuration. I used the extension once, and ended up with a mess. I now fill up 'at half throttle', until it starts to gurgle, then stop.
Glad to know it's not me

Richard

Quote from: island dormy on Mar 23, 2024, 09:31 PMDiesel is $7.20 per Canadian gallon up here.
 Premium is $9.90 per Canadian gallon.

  Victor

While still too high that's the way it should be, diesel lower $. Here Diesel is $5.69USD and premium $4.79USD.  $7.20CDN = $5.29USD =4.19GBP

Hi Genocache

  It varies here all the time 2 weeks ago diesel was more than petrol. It see-saws all the time.

  Victor