RE: fuel-filling a GTV6

["Ahmet Tuncay" <atuncay@domain.elided>]

I don't think so.  If the pump shuts off automatically when your tank is
full, then you've got a good seal between the filler neck and the vapor
recovery tube and all systems are functioning as advertised.  If not
however, then I would suspect that you're simply pushing in the rubber
vapor recovery tube further back which mitigates the need for a positive
seal with the car's filler neck.

One serious caution, if you manage to over-ride the auto shut-off switch
by rigging the pump handle to the car somehow, fuel will continue to
pump out even after your tank is full.  This is why I would suggest
manually holding it so that you can see/hear the tank beginning to fill
up and release the pump trigger before the ensuing spill.
-ahmet

-----Original Message-----
From: Tessie McMillan [mailto:tessmc@domain.elided]
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:04 PM
To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
Subject: re: fuel-filling a GTV6


So is that what's happening when you insert the pump handle into the
filler opening upside-down (which is what I do)?

Tess
in Seattle, where rain is usually more of a problem than pumps...

> There's a very simple workaround to this problem that all motorcycle
> riders know.  The pumps in CA and most other places I've been to with
> vapor recovery systems are designed to over-ride the pressure switch
if
> the rubber part of the nozzle is simply pulled back by hand during the
> fill-up.  This gives you the ability to splash fuel where-ever you
> please without it being properly seated to the filling neck.  Use this
> advice at your own risk.
> - -ahmet

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