When filling up vehicles with fuel I generally let the dispenser fill fast until it turns itself off, then I let the gas settle and pull the trigger again, slower until the dispenser turns off once again, then quit.

I've conclusively noticed recently though that on my 2005 F350 V10, when I pull the trigger the second time, the gas just spills onto the concrete from behind the body panel! I.e., it looks like you could pump gas all day long into the tank, and it would just spill out onto the ground rather than back out the filler neck.

Is this normal?

 

On my 07, I let the auto shut off happen twice and that is it. The angle of the filler neck is very shallow. I have never had it spill on the ground though.

 

it does it on my 99 v10 and also my 03 6.0 its normal i would say i try to get the most out of it and sometimes it gets all over the truck lol

 

... Never had that problem. I let it click, then usually just top off to the nearest $.25... But on long road trips I've easily put an extra $1.50 in with no signs of spillage. Truck stats are in my sig.

 

with diesel, it's better to just run it on the first click of the nozzle, or else you are foaming it up so much, it'll spill out over the body. i hate that.
i always tell the guy to do one click(nj, they pump it for us) but alot of the times i pump my own. if it's at my normal station i visit all the time.
i always add an extra dollar worth.
with gas, it shouldn't be running out as easily. because it doesnt really foam like diesel.

 

What do you mean body panel? Did you look underneath at the hoses?

Dick

 

Well, its headed below zero again tonight, so I figure I'll postpone any investigative work until warmer weather. I thought I had heard of some kind of evaporative canister that could fill up if the gas is too high in the filler neck, and it seems possible that it might legitimately have a valve that permits liquid gasoline to drain out.

On the other hand, with all the effort that manufacturers have gone to in the past to keep gasoline from spilling out and into the air, the idea of such a valve just doesn't make sense to me unless it rings a bell with someone here....

By body panel I'm just referring to the truck's painted metal "skin". My point is that the pump nozzle itself is well inside the gas tank neck, which I assumed to be a metal pipe like they used to be in years gone by. I would expect that when too much gasoline enters the neck, that the excess would spit back out through the same opening, and spill all over the painted exterior surface.


Instead, this excess gas spills out from somewhere interior to the painted body surface, so that it can't be seen until it pours out at the bottom of the truck.

Your point that there are hoses nowadays attaching to the plastic tanks suggests that maybe we're just talking about a loose hose clamp. In tomorrow's daylight I'll see what I can find, Thanks.

 

You got issue's. Get under there B4 you blow up....



Dick

 

Since you have 2005 I would think you could still take it to the dealership and complain and not worry about crawling under it in the cold.