Hanechdene
Member Since: 23 Jun 2009
Location: High Wycombe
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Are you the filler cap to hold the trigger open?
If so you have the cap the wrong way round as it open the trigger fully 
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 12th Nov 2016 6:41 pm |
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oldstout
Member Since: 03 Apr 2016
Location: North East England
Posts: 247
 
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I love the way she tries to blow the fire out 
 You can't educate pork...
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| 3rd Jul 2017 10:29 am |
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Neverbeenoffroad
Member Since: 17 Aug 2017
Location: Chorley
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I have a fire extinguisher pin on my key ring. It works on every fuel pump and don't have to stand there waiting. I do fill up 2-3 times a week though so gives me time to empty the rubbish.
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| 4th Sep 2017 7:53 am |
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Hardware
Member Since: 28 Jun 2016
Location: Hiding under the M60
Posts: 13018
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trying to think if I've used HGV pump for D4 ... it certainly was ok with 300tdi and saved many many minutes.
ASDA opposite the Trafford Centre certainly has a "pay at pump" HGV pump ... but now there is a Costco fuel station just behind it, probably use that if I'm in that neck of the woods.
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| 4th Sep 2017 8:22 am |
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Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
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I'm not bothered by the wait while it fills, but I am bothered by the spilt diesel that I usually have to stand on (and then tread back into the car). I'm just imagining the disasterous spill if an unattended and jammed open pump were to dislodge from the filler when in use, or if the auto shut off were to fail (I've had that happen!) 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
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| 18th Sep 2017 4:35 am |
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J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
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I don't mind the wait, it would break my heart having to pay for fuel that's running down the paintwork or on the forecourt, should it over flow.
Even though the car is filling by itself you still have to wait, what do you do to kill the time? Have a cigarette? Use the mobile?  23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
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| 18th Sep 2017 5:49 am |
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Hardware
Member Since: 28 Jun 2016
Location: Hiding under the M60
Posts: 13018
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tried Costco last Thursday ... after 5 minutes of trying to get the pump to recognise my membership card, gave up and went to ASDA next door.
The HGV pump now has a standard sized nozzle ... IIRC when I used to use it, it had something like twice normal diameter but that was ok with 300tdi ... but flow rate was higher than normal pump so me and my £72 parted company quite quickly.
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| 18th Sep 2017 6:14 am |
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Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
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@ J77 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
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| 18th Sep 2017 6:15 am |
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ostosix
Member Since: 19 Mar 2017
Location: Lincoln
Posts: 324
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no wonder theres fuel all over the nozzle, cheers
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| 18th Sep 2017 7:10 am |
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flydive
Member Since: 21 Aug 2007
Location: Lugano
Posts: 1535
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Red Merle wrote:I'm not bothered by the wait while it fills, but I am bothered by the spilt diesel that I usually have to stand on (and then tread back into the car). I'm just imagining the disasterous spill if an unattended and jammed open pump were to dislodge from the filler when in use, or if the auto shut off were to fail (I've had that happen!)
J77 wrote:I don't mind the wait, it would break my heart having to pay for fuel that's running down the paintwork or on the forecourt, should it over flow.
Even though the car is filling by itself you still have to wait, what do you do to kill the time? Have a cigarette? Use the mobile?
I wonder how the rest of the world manage to survive 
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| 18th Sep 2017 7:56 am |
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Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
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My standing in puddles of diesel, treading stinky diesel into the car and occasionally setting themselves on fire! 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
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| 18th Sep 2017 9:48 am |
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flydive
Member Since: 21 Aug 2007
Location: Lugano
Posts: 1535
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Never seen any of that around here.
Must be a UK thing.
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| 18th Sep 2017 9:54 am |
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Dan_NL
Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
Location: world
Posts: 1213
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As I recall its now in Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal, and the Netherlands you have to keep sqeezing the gun. Only in a BP in Ayamonte [Spain] it still holds, but thats a serviced station and the bloke doesn't want to squeeze it all day long...
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| 18th Sep 2017 11:29 am |
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cleland72
Member Since: 16 Sep 2016
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 79
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Sorry for resurrecting a (slightly) old thread but it's something I've thought about a few times, points, none particularly important being;
- remember as a child in the '70's/early '80's that petrol pumps in the UK (some at least, our local Esso) did let you lock the handle on.
- driving from the UK to Italy, as we do quite a bit (Italian wife), the countries where fuel is cheap, Luxembourg & Austria, both have this feature. Belgium (certainly), Italy (think so, can't be sure) don't, can't remember about Germany as we rarely fuel there (being as it's between Luxembourg and Austria).
- I tend to use the squeegee bucket to clean the windows while the tank is filling. Why don't we have those in the UK? (Actually obviously because we're too busy squeezing the pump handle).
- As someone who also rides a bike *anything* that increases the chance of diesel getting onto the ground is *bad*.
- I was actually impressed with the woman in the video, maybe she's not got much imagination but if flames were leaping from my petrol tank and pump nozzle, I'd probably leg it (for the avoidance of doubt that's assuming my family weren't in the car!); not pull the pump out, stopping the flow and put the nozzle down away from the car before then legging it.
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| 28th Feb 2018 10:24 pm |
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IainMac82
Member Since: 20 Jun 2018
Location: S36 7JA
Posts: 81
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I have one of these in the door pocket of both my cars. Great little things:
http://www.pumppal.co.uk/pump-pal-shop/
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| 7th Sep 2018 9:26 am |
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