Hello:
Noticed this 2 subsequent fuel ups so far.....last week, I fueled up at a Chevron station, and I would squeeze the trigger and I would hear/feel the gasoline coming through the hose/pump, and after a couple gallons the pump would shut off, as if the tank was full (it was not, gas gauge was at 1/2 and did lots of driving that day lol).
No, the gasoline wasn't leaking out of the tank, or under the car, or anything like that, no "unusual" gas smell or anything...
Well, that was 2-3 weeks ago...now last night, I went to fill up at a Shell station (let it be known, neither of these stations are my "typical" station of choice to fill up.....but I knew I needed fuel hehe) and yet again, the pump kept shutting off as if the tank was full....
And this time it was NOT full, it was almost on E....heh.
So, is this a mechanical problem with my vehicle? If so, what could it be?
Or is this just 2 "fluke incidents" of crazy/defective gas station pumps? As I said, these fill ups were spaced out 2-3 weeks or so...it was funny, cause my passenger was like [censored], are you having difficulties? And I was like no, it won't stay pumping! and I knew the gas tank was not "full" because like I said, it was almost to the E, and my typical fill up is 10 gallons, and the pump was cutting off even after like 2 gallons...
Could it be an obstruction of some sort? How does these pumps work? I'm guessing they work by vacuum or something, and as they gush the gasoline into the tank, they get a sense of how much emptiness is left in the tank?
Anyways, as a last resort I just barely put the petrol pump into my fuel tank, and pushed the trigger, and that actually seemed to work a "little bit" better, albeit having to actually "hold" the pump (rather than it resting in my fuel tank....).
Any ideas?
Noticed this 2 subsequent fuel ups so far.....last week, I fueled up at a Chevron station, and I would squeeze the trigger and I would hear/feel the gasoline coming through the hose/pump, and after a couple gallons the pump would shut off, as if the tank was full (it was not, gas gauge was at 1/2 and did lots of driving that day lol).
No, the gasoline wasn't leaking out of the tank, or under the car, or anything like that, no "unusual" gas smell or anything...
Well, that was 2-3 weeks ago...now last night, I went to fill up at a Shell station (let it be known, neither of these stations are my "typical" station of choice to fill up.....but I knew I needed fuel hehe) and yet again, the pump kept shutting off as if the tank was full....
And this time it was NOT full, it was almost on E....heh.
So, is this a mechanical problem with my vehicle? If so, what could it be?
Or is this just 2 "fluke incidents" of crazy/defective gas station pumps? As I said, these fill ups were spaced out 2-3 weeks or so...it was funny, cause my passenger was like [censored], are you having difficulties? And I was like no, it won't stay pumping! and I knew the gas tank was not "full" because like I said, it was almost to the E, and my typical fill up is 10 gallons, and the pump was cutting off even after like 2 gallons...
Could it be an obstruction of some sort? How does these pumps work? I'm guessing they work by vacuum or something, and as they gush the gasoline into the tank, they get a sense of how much emptiness is left in the tank?
Anyways, as a last resort I just barely put the petrol pump into my fuel tank, and pushed the trigger, and that actually seemed to work a "little bit" better, albeit having to actually "hold" the pump (rather than it resting in my fuel tank....).
Any ideas?