Gas pump auto stop did not work O_o

[Chimpo]

Yesterday I was filling the car up. I was walking around the car taking the opportunity to wash the windows when I came around the corner to find gas squirting out of the fill and running down the side of my car. I can't tell you how much was spilled, but would guess that it was almost a gallon. Annoyed I told the gas station clerk about the pump, then drove home.

I quickly grabbed the hose and gave the car a heavy rinse in the back corner for a few minutes, but took a sniff and it still stank of gas. By this time it's starting to rain, but the car clearly needs washed. So there I was, in now a down pour, washing the car. At least I didn't have to dry it...

[radroach]

Spilling gas on the car sucks, luckily it was raining! I usually have a spare bottle of water and some shop towels in the car to rinse off the area when that happens.

[FnFast]

This is a common issue with us motorcycle guys. Just wash the car with dish soap to strip the wax and re-wax the car.

But I could again, motorcycle paint I am sure is slightly different than car paint.

[Anthony]

I would've burst into the store, grabbed the biggest water bottle I saw, then ran back outside and poured it all over the area. Then I would've walked back inside and paid for and explained why I just stole a bottle of water. Surely gasoline isn't the best for clearcoats, and letting it air dry wouldn't help.

[PhastekSport]

It's always something I worry about in the back of my head. That the auto shutoff won't do its job. I've encountered a lot of stations that remove the stop as well. However, that just results in people sticking their fuel cap in there.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Chris@Phastek

I've encountered a lot of stations that remove the stop as well.

It seems like most of them do. Back in my reckless days of no concern for ethanol content, I would stop shopping at a gas station if they removed the little stop thing. I'm all about the little stop thing. Now I only get gas from one station though, and they don't even have an outdoor credit card reader. Sucks if it's raining or... well it always sucks, actually. This is a particularly rough first world problem. No corn juice in my car though!

[Lytheum]

ive run into some old gas stations where the pump barely fits into the brz. gotta guess how much to put it before it starts spewing out.