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Timco 08-24-2014 03:59 PM

How many times do you.....
 
Click after the pump clicks off?

I always grab it twice more after waiting for the bubbles to settle. Takes a little less than a gallon more.

gomarlins3 08-24-2014 04:10 PM

Mine will not take any more. Spits it out no matter how long I wait for the bubbles to go down. It didn't shut off on Friday when I filled up. Luckily I was standing there and only spilled about 1 or 2 tenths of a gallon.

gregdacat 08-24-2014 04:19 PM

Yup. Mine does the same. When that pump clicks off she is full.

jsceash 08-24-2014 04:20 PM

Generally speaking when the pump kicks off and I click it again gas spews out into the overflow. Sometimes as I pull the nozzle out I still get some overflow.

Chuck W. 08-24-2014 05:21 PM

The last three or four fill ups I have been having trouble topping it off. If I walk away after the first time it shuts off it is about two gallons short. The last two gallons is a pain to get in. It shuts off several times.

oc-boxster 08-24-2014 06:14 PM

Mine clicks off every half gallon or so-something must be wrong. Takes me a long time to fill up

Deserion 08-24-2014 06:57 PM

Once it clicks, it's rare to not have any spillage when trying to go for a second.

BIGJake111 08-24-2014 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gomarlins3 (Post 415838)
Mine will not take any more. Spits it out no matter how long I wait for the bubbles to go down. It didn't shut off on Friday when I filled up. Luckily I was standing there and only spilled about 1 or 2 tenths of a gallon.


Must be a yellow thing, my new car does the same, when it clicks, you are done. My old boxster was not like that.

Joe B 08-24-2014 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIGJake111 (Post 415859)
Must be a yellow thing, my new car does the same, when it clicks, you are done. My old boxster was not like that.

No, it's definitely a silver thing. When the pump shuts off it's full!

Jager 08-24-2014 07:21 PM

Depends on the gas station you go to... I experience all of the above, Chevron here cuts-off early, Mobile fills all the way before turning off.

Flavor 987S 08-25-2014 04:45 AM

Funny.

The old 987S could always fit another 1/2 gallon after the "click".
The old 993 Turbo could have an extra gallon wedged in after the click. And it needed it! LOL!!
The new 991 C2S.....nothing. I like it this way.

Timco 08-25-2014 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oc-boxster (Post 415854)
Mine clicks off every half gallon or so-something must be wrong. Takes me a long time to fill up

It's the pump's vapor recovery system, not your car. Had that happen in LA, then just outside of LA car filled fine.

schnellman 08-25-2014 04:50 AM

Never.
 
It's not worth the risk of getting gas on the paint.

steved0x 08-25-2014 06:27 AM

When the pump stops for me I am done, and if it turns out to be the tank is not full then oh well. This is after sloshing gas on the outside several times...

I have the best success filling the tank with the pump at about 2/3 of max flow. If the pump shuts off at the very beginning then I rotate the handle so it is upside down and then fill it. And in that case I listen for the rush of air to tell me it is filling up and I watch it very closely; one or two times I have had the pump not shut off and gas come spewing forcefully out... blah...

My FJ is very similar, it is finicky about fill ups.

Steve

JayG 08-25-2014 06:33 AM

depends on the actual pump nozzle.
some click off when full, others need manual intervention

Perfectlap 08-25-2014 06:41 AM

interesting that many fill up completely. There are gas stations everywhere here so I always run half full. In mind I have convinced myself that a lighter gas tank makes for a more fuel efficient car.

Coaster 08-25-2014 07:19 AM

When it clicks it's done. I fill it all they way up since it's my DD and I fill it every week as it is.

BIGJake111 08-25-2014 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jager (Post 415867)
Depends on the gas station you go to... I experience all of the above, Chevron here cuts-off early, Mobile fills all the way before turning off.


To be fair my first overfill experience was the first time I filled up anywhere but the local spinx

BoxsterSteve 08-25-2014 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregdacat (Post 415841)
Yup. Mine does the same. When that pump clicks off she is full.

That. Or I overfill my shoes.

ekam 08-25-2014 05:16 PM

Know someone that likes to keep clicking until gas almost spilled out on his Mercedes ML320. Eventually he broke the fuel gauge sensor which was inside the gas tank and the whole gas tank needed to be replaced.

Even our gas cap has warning text on it saying do not overfill.


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