Cap in delivery pump nozzle trick anyone?

[Kentish]

Fuel pumps abroad can be locked to auto deliver and cut out when the tank is full but not in the UK (probably for some wet nursing HSE reason)

Anyway, I always pop the nozzle in the filler neck and then I pop the threaded part of the cap in front of the pump trigger to wedge it; hey presto ...auto delivery whilst I tinker about with other stuff

It's perfectly safe as the tank overflow cut out still operates and shuts of the fuel delivery long before the filler neck becomes full. I then finish of the last couple of ££'s worth with the trigger manually.

It seems like I fill up quicker this way since I don't have to stand there pumping and doing nothing else; I generally use the time to pop my cards and wallet away or check the screenwash level etc.

I have never seen anyone else do it hence I was wondering whether any of my PH chums do?

[AT]

Evil, evil, wrong, danger.

I've never been set on fire in the US though, in the same way I've never disrupted a plane by having my phone turned on.

[Urban Sports]

[twazzock]

Never tried that (will do), but I've been told a paperclip can be stuck in a hole in the handle to keep it in place (other countries have a locking pin attached, we don't).

[Kentish]

AT said:

Evil, evil, wrong, danger.

I've never been set on fire in the US though, in the same way I've never disrupted a plane by having my phone turned on.

Aye me too!

I like to live life on "the edge"

[freecar]

I'm told the reason why we're not supposed to do it is because of static build up, you could recharge and generate a spark when you touch the handle again.

Of course we all know foreign people are immune to static electricity.

[busta]

I do this but have been told off in the past because 'pumps must be attended while filling up'. FFS, I can attend something without having to have my hand wrapped around it!

I also get told off for using the fast-flowing lorry diesel pump at my local garage because 'it doesn't fit in cars and you will spill it'. Well it does fit, and I haven't yet spilt any...

[Kentish]

busta said:

I do this but have been told off in the past because 'pumps must be attended while filling up'. FFS, I can attend something without having to have my hand wrapped around it!

I also get told off for using the fast-flowing lorry diesel pump at my local garage because 'it doesn't fit in cars and you will spill it'. Well it does fit, and I haven't yet spilt any...

Ha, me too! (filled up by mistake at the HGV pump once and was told off).

I think the price was a few pence less at the commercial pumps which is what upset them!



On another occasion, I was told off for opening my tailgate before filling up

[cpas]

The levers used to have roll pins fitted for this purpose. Pop rivet shafts work perfectly well (apparently!!). The reason they were removed is because of static build-up in shell-suited Americans!!

[Getragdogleg]

I will not go to my local Hell station (hayle, cornwall if anyone is interested) because they are a bunch of officious tts who will not turn on the pump if they have even the slightest thing to be all self important about.

Trying to use the so called HGV pump is one of the things they get uppity about, the HGV pump is the other side of a normal pump, the only difference is that it does not switch off at 100 litres, yet they tell me the diesel pumped is "different" and "only suitable for high powered truck engines" I know this is untrue and have argued with them about it.

Also they seem to need to close the whole place down every few hours for shift changes, the till needs counting or something every time a member of staff comes on or off shift, this is almost always when I roll up needing to stand on their windy forecourt nozzle in hole and I am made to wait while they faff about counting pennies.

They get uppity about "jamming the handle" too and will turn the pump off mid flow if they think you are not getting your hands covered in diesel holding their minging pump handle.

Well sod them.

[poing]

Kentish said:

On another occasion, I was told off for opening my tailgate before filling up

How very random, what was the reasoning behind that? I often have to go into the boot before filling up because my wallet is often in there in my jacket pocket.

I've been told off for sending a text in the petrol station to which I laughed and said it's a 24 hour station but it's pay at pump only at night, if using a phone was really that dangerous then it would need to have a staff/security person here 24 hours a day. They stumbled over their words a bit and mentioned explosions so I asked how many petrol stations in the UK have actually blown up since the invention of the mobile phone. The wandered off "to call the police" but naturally I heard nothing, although that might be because I was blown into a million pieces and I'm now actually dead.

[cpas]

Slightly off subject, but WTF are half the petrol nozzles govered with Diesel. I were gloves when filling with Diesel but not with unleaded, but often come away with hands stinking of the stuff!!

[Kentish]

poing said:

Kentish said:

On another occasion, I was told off for opening my tailgate before filling up

How very random, what was the reasoning behind that? I often have to go into the boot before filling up because my wallet is often in there in my jacket pocket.

Yes, exactly the reason I opened the tailgate too.

The guy actually got out of his chair and came out of the booth to walk across the forecourt to ask was I pumping fuel into my boot.

Maybe he thought I was Al-Qaeda or something

[TheEnd]

I had to take sunglasses off to get petrol yesterday, I only heard a murmur over the tannoy mentioning my number, and a guy infront of me (who was told just a minute before to close his door before they switched on the pumps) told me they said it was due to wearing shades.


I never felt the need to fill a tank all the way up the filler neck though.

[theironduke]

Kentish said:

poing said:

Kentish said:

On another occasion, I was told off for opening my tailgate before filling up

How very random, what was the reasoning behind that? I often have to go into the boot before filling up because my wallet is often in there in my jacket pocket.

Yes, exactly the reason I opened the tailgate too.

The guy actually got out of his chair and came out of the booth to walk across the forecourt to ask was I pumping fuel into my boot.

Maybe he thought I was Al-Qaeda or something

I get funny looks when filling the Chim up....( filler cap is in the boot)

[mrmr96]

Kentish said:

I think the price was a few pence less at the commercial pumps which is what upset them!

No Chance.

[Getragdogleg]

TheEnd said:

I had to take sunglasses off to get petrol yesterday, I only heard a murmur over the tannoy mentioning my number, and a guy infront of me (who was told just a minute before to close his door before they switched on the pumps) told me they said it was due to wearing shades.

And yet you still gave them your custom. I would have told them to fk off and got in the car and driven off. I hate self important jumped up till operators, sunglasses and a door open make no difference to the pumping of fuel.

If they were that worried about the fragile dangerous nature of the fuel filling proceedure they should pump it for you and smile while doing it.

[Pothole]

cpas said:

Slightly off subject, but WTF are half the petrol nozzles govered with Diesel. I were gloves when filling with Diesel but not with unleaded, but often come away with hands stinking of the stuff!!

but now you're socks?

[Getragdogleg]

Pothole said:

cpas said:

Slightly off subject, but WTF are half the petrol nozzles govered with Diesel. I were gloves when filling with Diesel but not with unleaded, but often come away with hands stinking of the stuff!!

but now you're socks?

No, a hat, it's gloves and a hat.

[poing]

Getragdogleg said:

TheEnd said:

I had to take sunglasses off to get petrol yesterday, I only heard a murmur over the tannoy mentioning my number, and a guy infront of me (who was told just a minute before to close his door before they switched on the pumps) told me they said it was due to wearing shades.

And yet you still gave them your custom. I would have told them to fk off and got in the car and driven off. I hate self important jumped up till operators, sunglasses and a door open make no difference to the pumping of fuel.

If they were that worried about the fragile dangerous nature of the fuel filling proceedure they should pump it for you and smile while doing it.

If I wasn't in a rush and they told me to take my sunglasses off or something equally stupid then I'd be making a massive scene to get them to justify it. What on earth have sun glasses got to do with filling up with fuel? In fact I love a good argument with people like this so I would be going there every time just for the fun of it.

Beyond the phone thing I've never had any issues in petrol stations but it seems I've been missing out on some serious fun!