Petrol in cans

[John Rumm]

Point the nozzle straight down into the can, then it stops fine IME.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

It's Usenet, nobody died.

They should have, mind.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

Oh, I dunno. He wanders in, takes one look and with his first arrow scores a bullseye on TNP. Right on the money, in my book.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I dont recall that.

I think your prejudices are showing.

[Dave Liquorice]

Where did he find a pump that would dispense that value of fuel or run for long enough to do it. When we had the fuel price protests I'd often bump into either a price limit (=A3100) or the pump would cut off on a timer before I'd reached that value.

Doesn't happen these days unless being force to "pay at pump", bloody useless things can't fill the car up by a long chalk for =A399.

About 1000 miles.

Normal range when running from full to "air" is about 600 miles and costs 110 to 120 to fill backup. Unless it's a bloody useless pay at pump thing.

[scorched]

Where did he find a pump that would dispense that value of fuel or run for long enough to do it. When we had the fuel price protests I'd often bump into either a price limit (£100) or the pump would cut off on a timer before I'd reached that value.

Doesn't happen these days unless being force to "pay at pump", bloody useless things can't fill the car up by a long chalk for £99.

About 1000 miles.

Normal range when running from full to "air" is about 600 miles and costs 110 to 120 to fill backup. Unless it's a bloody useless pay at pump thing.

That's about 32mpg'ish.

I'd have thought (though I must be wrong) that the great British public would think - hang on a second, this is getting ridiculous.

30 miles round trip to work is ~ £60 per week from my pay. I wonder what it'll take for peeps to say enough is enough? Or do we all just continue to smile and pay up? Or add to the "drive-offs".

[Bob Eager]

I worked in a filling station for a while. I still stand to one side...

Humber Hawks/Snipes (I had a Hawk), certain old Rovers, Austin Cambridge etc., and a few others. The best were Minis - no real pipe, straight into the tank.

[scorched]

My god, you folks are ancient ;)

[Nightjar]

HGV pumps will dispense a lot of fuel in a very short time. Not advisable if you are filling a car tank, but they should work with a container in the back of a van if it had a large filler cap.

Colin Bignell

[Dave Liquorice]

This is true but you don't find many HGV pumps on ordinary garage forecourts. I know of one Shell garage that has a button you can push, on one pump, to get HGV fill rates. I've yet to have the nerve to press it. Do HGV pumps have the latch on available?

[John Williamson]

Not as a rule, no, due to the regulations governing petrol station forecourts. However, a pop rivet stem can often be used to enable it in place of the bar they remove.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

Hey, it wasn't all that long ago.

Oh, well; maybe it was. Fuck's sake.

[scorched]

As I usually say, it's later than you think (sorry Geoff). Beats me where the damn time goes. I'm 64 now, 3 weeks back I was 21.

[fred]

How's the skin on your hands, the petrol vapour fookd mine in no time just working part time in a filling station for a year.

[ARWadsworth]

When I was at sixth form that is what I did at the weekends to earn money. Filling Austin Metro's was harder than filling HGVs.

[ARWadsworth]

Pretty much correct.

[Nightjar]

It will probably depend upon whether the site has enough space for a dedicated HGV pump lane outside the canopy and, of course, what the approach roads are like. I know several filling stations with HGV pumps, but all are alongside trunk roads or other major A roads, where land is cheap and lorries are frequent.

I wouldn't advise it unless you are filling something with a large tank and a wide short filler neck.

Colin Bignell

[Andy Champ]

Fun isn't it :) there aren't as many that make me feel young as there were a while ago!

The filler on my car is over a metre long. I stick the nozzle right in, run until stop. Then listen for the gurgling to stop. It'll usually take another 5 litres then.

Andy

[Bob Eager]

I forgot that - I owned one! 1952 model...

[Bob Eager]

Don't really need one, with the pull-up spout thing on the tank.