This morning I stopped and got gas. I was going to get it at the wholesale club, but it was out of my way. So I stopped at the Mobil station. I pulled in, and grumbled when I saw the price was $2.45. Gas had been like 20-30 cent cheaper only a week ago. Well, my tank was pretty low. So I started pumping, and was watching the numbers changing. The pump was pumping kind of slower than they usually pump. And I was holding the trigger all the way in. I saw the number go over 10 gallons, and was kind of surprised. I thought I would have used slightly less than 10. But it was still going up. Geez, I guessed my gas mileage wasn’t as good as I though. I felt some hit the back of my leg (I was wearing shorts). I turned, and saw gas pouring out of the gas tube. I released the trigger. The pump never clicked off, when the tank was full. I normally fill it to the first click. But it never clicked. So there was a bunch of gas on the ground!
I went inside and told them that there pump never shut off when the tank was full. He said it was supposed to. And I said yeah, it was supposed to. So not only was I getting ripped on the price, a bunch of gas was wasted, just going on the ground. I was not happy.
And since I normally fill to the first click, this will throw off my gas mileage calculation for my next fillup.
I had heard that overfilling your tank can damage something. I think the evaporation canister or something like that. Hopefully nothing was damaged. Grumble!

Posted by Rob in My Car on May 15th, 2009 | No Comments