Should I press this button? Anyone do this and make a mess?

[The_Doc]

My local Shell has had a rebuild, and the pumps are barely 4 weeks old.

Do I press the button for my 63 litres of diesel and hope?

Could I save a minute of vital time here?

Am I driving home soaked in oil?

[160steve]

only one way to find out .... make sure to video it.

[bazking69]

Thread bookmarked.

[hyperblue]

Buttons are meant to be pushed!

[screem]

I cant wait.....go on, you know you want to.......go on !!!!!

[soad]

Press it! You know you want to...what's the worst that could happen?

[The_Doc]

soad said:

Press it! You know you want to...what's the worst that could happen?

umm, I need to call Red Adair to deal with total-oil-disaster level five incident....

[falkster]

Ha ha ha
Haven't got a diesel anymore but my local shell has the same new pumps....only thought that the other day.

[GKP]

[croyde]

Light up a big cigar before you do.

[Loki660]

I wouldn't....could increase the flow rate to a massive 147 litres min-1, so you wouldn't be their favourite customer.

[sunbeam_alpine]

The_Doc said:

soad said:

Press it! You know you want to...what's the worst that could happen?

umm, I need to call Red Adair to deal with total-oil-disaster level five incident....

If it's that big an explosion (and so long as you end up wherever he went), you can speak to him personally. Otherwise maybe phone the fire brigade before you phone a medium.

Could you not give Emsman a call - should guarantee a good outcome!

[robinhood21]

Well, I for one do not like standing in the 'orrible stuff, much less tramping it into the carpets. Oh' and even less when ones foot tends to slide off the brake peddle so, I'd much prefer you didn't press the button thanks.

[DozyGit]

Brilliant design, they know small diesels are driven by thrifty people who wouldn't dare press it, £££ rolling at high speed, no way and HGVs by pros who are supposed to be sensible, a win win situation. You wouldn't see that button on a petrol pump

Edited by DozyGit on Saturday 13th March 11:46

[Negative Creep]

I hope you didn't use your phone to take that, everyone knows you using that near a petrol pump causes an explosion of biblical proportions

[Urban Sports]

The real question should be, is diesel as good as petrol?

[Rocksteadyeddie]

Press it.

Report back.

If you are able.

[AndyM31]

I thought that these buttons were only available on trucking pumps and even then the hose was slightly larger. I recall this from when having to wait 40 minutes for petrol when we had the fuel shortages all those years ago. This meant I had to abandon effort and rejoin the line and wait a little longer to use a normal car pump.

On the basis of function I guess that they are the same with the auto stop; if you do try stand aside, not in front of the hose.

[bomberharris]

Urban Sports said:

The real question should be, is diesel as good as petrol?

in a truck yes in a car no

[paul.deitch]

DozyGit said:

You wouldn't see that button on a petrol pump

And if you did I would not recommend pressing it. The static electricity generation of petroleum flowing at that rate in a standard hose/nozzle/vehicle might just make your vehicle burst into flames. That is why petroleum flow rates at the forecourt are limited to +-55 litres max (typical nowadays is 45+-)to guarantee safe conduction of the static generated.