Using HGV diesel pumps

[agent006]

So, my Shogun as a 90 litre diesel tank. The two nearest petrol stations to me have regular diesel pumps that take fecking ages. However, there are tempting options.

One has a button on the regular pump with a picture of a truck on it. I guess this turns up the flow rate.
The other has a separate HGV pump.

So, can I use either of these options on my Shogun without either covering it and myself in 100 litres of diesel in 3 seconds or incurring the wrath of Piotr and his mates behind the counter?

[v8will]

I don't think the pump is any quicker, just the cut off is set at a higher volume

Anyone know differently?

[blaineuk]

I some times use them, if it to fast for your car it will stop like it does when the tank is full.

[homerjay]

Beware though, it will limit your vehicle to only overtaking other vehicles a 1mph faster and only going up hill.

[CaptainSlow]

Sometimes the nozzle is a larger diameter on the truck pumps. You may be ok with the Shogan but it was a bit embarrassing when my cunning plan to skip the queue and use the truck pump backfired once.

[Eggman]

I sometimes use them when in the 110 because it has a largish tank and a wide filler neck. As said above, the pumps generally have a broader spout and appear to dispense the fuel more quickly - but the attendants have sometimes refused to turn on the pump on for me because it's just for lorries. Poo, I say.

[Iang84]

As a driver (class 2) the truck buttons speed up the flow by about 50% but the dedicated pumps have a larger nozzle and have a flow rate about 2-3 times the speed of normal pumps as would take ages when filling up 200+ litres at a time

[jagracer]

agent006 said:

So, my Shogun as a 90 litre diesel tank. The two nearest petrol stations to me have regular diesel pumps that take fecking ages. However, there are tempting options.

One has a button on the regular pump with a picture of a truck on it. I guess this turns up the flow rate.
The other has a separate HGV pump.

So, can I use either of these options on my Shogun without either covering it and myself in 100 litres of diesel in 3 seconds or incurring the wrath of Piotr and his mates behind the counter?

The dedicated truck pump will be quicker and depending on any restriction in your filler neck may or may not cover you in diesel. The one with the button allows it to go over the normal 100litre mark without cutting off but don't seem to be any quicker on the ones I use.