Date:         Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:41:50 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: Gas tank fill question
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Kim Brennan wrote:

> A fill up on my Syncros is a time of patience, where I trickle the fuel
> in at the slowest rate the pump will allow. I can usually get at least
> 1 gallon, and sometimes more into the tank after the first automatic
> cutoff.

Reminds me of a problem a friend of mine had with his Dasher.  If you
didn't position the filler right it would splash back and cut off
immediately.  One day he was in Oregon (where it's illegal to pump your
own gas) and the attendant put in about one gallon in his nearly empty
tank, then got the automatic cutoff.  When my friend tried to get him to
fill it up the rest of the way, he just pointed to the 'no top-offs' sign.


David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon