Fueling up with engine running?!?!

[GoBlues]

OK, I know you're not supposed to do this, but has anybody ever done this successfully? I (almost) always shut the engine off when fueling up, but this morning at the pumps, I accidently forgot to, and when I was about halfway done filling the tank, the gas started bubbling out of the filler hole. It went all over me and the side of the car... The only way to stop it was to shut off the engine... which I didn't even realize was on.

Anyone else have this problem or can explain why it happened?

 

[ELEmental59437]

I hope you cleaned up the gas that hit the car.? It will slowly eat away at your paint..

I wouldnt gas up with the car on because I know they say not to for a reason. I'd prefer to keep my car yellow, not black.

 

[KYMP5]

during the winter do it all the time when it is really cold. im talking when the windchill is below 0 degress but i wouldnt or havent done it any other time. ive never had any problems though

 

[PA_MP3_Man]

hmm,

I usually fill up with the car off but in the winter times sometimes I keep the car running to get some heat goin inside. I've never had that problem before but I know I'll shut down no matter what now. I don't want that to happen to me.

 

[changedman]

just a general rules gas stations have for a reason

never have filled up with engine on.

but- i dont turn my cell phone off even if they say- its a myth that cell phones can cause a fire...

 

[drumsbeloud]

you shouldn't get back into your car and then get out again during fueling. doing that could potentially give you a static charge that could ignite the fuel. if you have to get something from your car, make sure you stay grounded (i.e., keep a foot on the ground).

 

[Darin]

- its a myth that cell phones can cause a fire...

What data do you have to support that claim?

Using the word 'can' is misleading. It'd be more correct to write "The use of a cell phone while fueling MAY cause a fire" or "The chances of a cell phone causing a fire while fueling is very small - nonetheless, there 'is' a chance"

 

[Vulcanon]

when I was about halfway done filling the tank, the gas started bubbling out of the filler hole. It went all over me and the side of the car...

good thing you weren't rolling around on a shag carpet...

 

[grishulia]

I always fill up with my engine running... if I shut it off there is extra strain on the starter when I start it back up... all that BS about shuting your engine off is purely for gas saving... which was invented, together with 55mph limit, during the gas shortage a LONG while back...

 

[GoBlues]

you shouldn't get back into your car and then get out again during fueling. doing that could potentially give you a static charge that could ignite the fuel. if you have to get something from your car, make sure you stay grounded (i.e., keep a foot on the ground).

My fiance was in the passenger seat, and when I opened the door to see if the car was running, she reached over and shut it off... so I never left the ground... Thankfully!!

I was just shocked that the fuel started spitting back out at me... and even more shocked that I left the damn car running... that was the first time I did that!!

 

[sundevilMP5]

i'm more afraid of the shock i get when exiting the p5 igniting a fire then my cell phone...although you can never be too safe...obviously there's a small chance that your phone or static could ignite a fire albeit a small small small small chance it's still there...

 

[pr5toAZ]

I always fill up with my engine running... if I shut it off there is extra strain on the starter when I start it back up...

Dude your car was designed as an everyday driver not a race car. Things like are actually thought of in the design of the car so you dont have to worry about it. Plus thats why there is a warranty.

 

[Pmpkinhead]

This car WILL do this to you!!! You don't know when its gonna happen but its gonna happen!!! I still don't shut mine off and I stay away from the nozzle. It happens bout once a month! I have gotten wet 2 times. This is my 3rd Mazda and the first one to do it to me. I havent shut my car during a fill-up in 170,000 + miles!!!
1244 (msporange

 

[Darin]

I always fill up with my engine running... if I shut it off there is extra strain on the starter when I start it back up... all that BS about shuting your engine off is purely for gas saving... which was invented, together with 55mph limit, during the gas shortage a LONG while back...

:lol:

You are joking, right? It takes less gas to start your car than to have it idle for 2-5 minutes while fueling.
haha..

 

[sundevilMP5]

not to mention how bad it is for the environment to have gas spilled all over the place...go ahead call me a tree hugger...but it's still bad

 

[grishulia]

...It takes less gas to start your car than to have it idle for 2-5 minutes while fueling...

It should be about the same, counting that P5 jumps to 2K PRM when it starts...

 

[JunkPunch]

Ask Aerosmith's drummer (and his burned out Ferrari) about filling up with the car running.

 

[grishulia]

Ask Aerosmith's drummer (and his burned out Ferrari) about filling up with the car running.

You probably have a lesser chance of being burned at a gas station than being run over with an H2...

P.S. Since we are on the probability subject... On the last Monster Garage they had an interesting factoid:
"There are 85 people that were bitten by sharks in the US, and there are over 1600 people that were bitten by other people in NYC"

 

[PeaB0dy]

Wear and Tear on your starter, complete bulls***...

Turn off your car, there is pressure built up in the tank while you are running your car, sometimes you can't notice it, but more so in the hot summer days, when you hear the release.

letting your engine idle is actually more harmful to an engine than to turn it of and then start it again, even in the middle of winter your engine will still stay warm for the 2-5 min of fuelling..

I have had several vehicles that went over 200,000 km, and only 1 needed a starter replaced, and it was an american car.

You save gas, idling is worse for the environment, and less wear and tear on your car, starters are ment to start the car hundreds of thousands of times in their life.

Sure the engine may rev a little higher when you start it, but in no way does it use the same amout of gas when you idle.

The 55mph thing, I agree, complete bulls***, spedds up here used to be 120, no they are 100.

Turn off the car, save some gas, some money, and some air, and you can spend your money on something more useful than the people that produce the oil, cause they for sure don't need anymore out of our pockets than they already have..

 

[drumsbeloud]

not to mention how bad it is for the environment to have gas spilled all over the place...go ahead call me a tree hugger...but it's still bad

the environmental engineer agrees!