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| Thread ID: 70384 | 2006-07-01 12:05:00 | Problems with Petrol pumps. | wmoore (6009) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 467743 | 2006-07-02 23:51:00 | Nope Joe, we don't have closed systems. No catalytic converters required either. If you overfill, park on a hill, you'll see fuel. :D | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 467744 | 2006-07-03 01:50:00 | Nope Joe, we don't have closed systems. No catalytic converters required either. If you overfill, park on a hill, you'll see fuel. :D Yes, you see it quite a bit on some of Dunedin's lovely steep streets... |
gibler (49) | ||
| 467745 | 2006-07-03 06:45:00 | A lot of the time I have trouble filling up my tank at petrol stations. The pump keeps cutting off all the time, I have to squeeze half way to get the thing to fill up. It happens to me quite a lot with my Honda Civic hatch as well. The nozzle has to be inserted "just so" otherwise it cuts out long before it's anywhere near full. And I have had the same experience as pctek whereby the attendant didn't fill her up properly. And my gauge isn't broken or misreading. :rolleyes: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 467746 | 2006-07-03 07:09:00 | I find that the money runs out before the tank overflows these days. Sealed systems? I thought so, at least in my 2 cars. The tank is held at a "negative pressure", you can hear the inrush of air when you unscrew the cap. The overflow is outside that zone, just for overfilling. But on one, the nozzle needs to be correctly angled for a full fill or the blowback cuts it off prematurely. On the convertible the opening is on the horizontal, so gravity takes over quite well. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 467747 | 2006-07-03 08:10:00 | Just amazed that you guys have no sealed fuel systems there . The tanks and related fuel lines and filters, regulators and emission control devices have been sealed here in the US for about 30 years or so now . i mostly run diesels these days (just got a new truck . . . wahoo!) so i'm not up on the petrols so much . the emission controlled petrols have charcoal cannisters afaik . however because a lot of the emission system on jap imports cause more problems than they are worth they tend to get removed . drilling petrol caps is a common fix for tanks that have "negative pressure" . my diesels only have a one way valve so it can suck air in when the fuel gets used . however they are prone to getting filled with dust and jam . |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 467748 | 2006-07-03 09:23:00 | my diesels only have a one way valve so it can suck air in when the fuel gets used . however they are prone to getting filled with dust and jam . What flavour jam? Apricot, raspberry or blackcurrant? :p :D |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 467749 | 2006-07-03 11:22:00 | Jam?! Dare I ask how Jam gets in there? :eek: :illogical /edit: Nevermind! Read it again properly this time :blush: |
Jen (38) | ||
| 467750 | 2006-07-03 11:28:00 | Maybe he feeds it to his bees? For different flavours of honey? And they dribble? |
Laura (43) | ||
| 467751 | 2006-07-04 05:57:00 | ROFLAMAO | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 467752 | 2006-07-05 07:48:00 | He's got bee spit in his diesel fuel? | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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