That fuel pump crap (with pics)

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Feb 10, 2009 | 12:25 PM

Talyn

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That fuel pump crap (with pics)

Okay, so I was really F-in Low on fuel. I forgot to get some on the way home the other night, there is a station that is 7 miles away but in the opposite direction I had to go, so 10 miles to make! and Im' already past the red line. So Off I go! Lots of hills too, but thanks to my leet stickshift skills, I still had enough fuel to make the needle dance a bit when I got to the Pump. Here is a pic before I pumped. I have an 18 gallon Rear tank. This bugger is .. well there isn't much left in there. That is about the point where I run out of fuel too. I tried to do it once.

I heard a long time ago, and it seems logical, to pump as slow as you can, to reduce the foam the pump creates.

Waiting...

So, this is where it clicked off automatically.

I let the truck sit for 10 seconds and shook the back, heard lots of room and foam dissipate

Set the pump back on slow and it pumped almost a gallon, and I squeezed it in till it got up to the filler hole.
Do not tell me that filler hole holds 1 gallon, that's an F-in lie.

here is my final bill just for clarification.

Feb 10, 2009 | 12:53 PM

cowmilker08

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you're only paying $1.87. must be nice.

you really had that sucker empty, you beat my record. it was 18.3gal in the rear tank.

Feb 10, 2009 | 01:08 PM

Talyn

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Coon has hit like 20something in the rear tank.

Thats pretty cheep here right now. fuel was down to 1.70 then skyrocketed up to 1.99

I want it back to 1.50 at the beginning of march when I head to virginia.
I dont care what it does after that. haha

Feb 10, 2009 | 01:14 PM

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Those stage 1's wont work with "unleaded fuel only" .....LOL

Feb 10, 2009 | 01:20 PM

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oh, well hell, i thought you were talking about diesel. i didn't pay any attention to the details of the picture. gas here got down to $1.38 for a week.

Feb 10, 2009 | 02:12 PM

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I found out the hard way that empty may or may not mean empty depending on what you are driving.
My old 95 F250 gasser I could drive maybe 30 miles or more after the needle went past the red line before I'd run out of fuel. I was in a hurry one morning driving my old 92 Tempo commuter car and noticed I was low on fuel. It just barely touched the red line when I parked it, so I figured I'd be able to make it to the gas station after school (college).
Day is over, get in the car, head for the gas station. Made it all of 1/4 mile and "cough cough sputter cough" goes the Tempo. Had to push it by myself (while steering) into a parking lot.
Called everyone I could think of and what do you know... only my buddy with the Duramax answers his phone. So I got towed to the gas station by a Duramax and never will hear the end of that one from my buddy.