A handy tip for filling up your tank.

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:47:04 -0500, "Paul"
> wrote:

>
>"Henry H. Hansteen" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> While filling up at a particularly slow pump, I discovered
>> that a stick of lip balm is the perfect size to keep the
>> fuel flowing while I wait in my truck warm and dry as the
>> tank fills.
>
>From my experience when I worked at a gas station one summer during my
>college years, a slow pump means a nearly empty storage tank and that
>you are just pulling up all the water, rust and other crap at the bottom
>of the tank. Do you really want to put that into your vehicle?

And when the other pumps are still filling at a regular rate? The slow
pump has its own tank?
No, this is usually a filter in need of replacement.

--
Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

Big Bill wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:47:04 -0500, "Paul"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>"Henry H. Hansteen" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>> While filling up at a particularly slow pump, I discovered
>>>that a stick of lip balm is the perfect size to keep the
>>>fuel flowing while I wait in my truck warm and dry as the
>>>tank fills.
>>
>>From my experience when I worked at a gas station one summer during my
>
>>college years, a slow pump means a nearly empty storage tank and that
>>you are just pulling up all the water, rust and other crap at the bottom
>>of the tank. Do you really want to put that into your vehicle?
>
>
> And when the other pumps are still filling at a regular rate? The slow
> pump has its own tank?
> No, this is usually a filter in need of replacement.
>
He just worked at an old one pump station.

Big Bill wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:47:04 -0500, "Paul"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>"Henry H. Hansteen" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>> While filling up at a particularly slow pump, I discovered
>>>that a stick of lip balm is the perfect size to keep the
>>>fuel flowing while I wait in my truck warm and dry as the
>>>tank fills.
>>
>>From my experience when I worked at a gas station one summer during my
>
>>college years, a slow pump means a nearly empty storage tank and that
>>you are just pulling up all the water, rust and other crap at the bottom
>>of the tank. Do you really want to put that into your vehicle?
>
>
> And when the other pumps are still filling at a regular rate? The slow
> pump has its own tank?
> No, this is usually a filter in need of replacement.
>
He just worked at an old one pump station.

In article >,
Paul > wrote:
>
>From my experience when I worked at a gas station one summer during my
>college years, a slow pump means a nearly empty storage tank and that
>you are just pulling up all the water, rust and other crap at the bottom
>of the tank. Do you really want to put that into your vehicle?

Must have had a different type of pump than the ones I dealt with.
They were pretty much constant flow until they stopped.

In article >,
Paul > wrote:
>
>From my experience when I worked at a gas station one summer during my
>college years, a slow pump means a nearly empty storage tank and that
>you are just pulling up all the water, rust and other crap at the bottom
>of the tank. Do you really want to put that into your vehicle?

Must have had a different type of pump than the ones I dealt with.
They were pretty much constant flow until they stopped.

E.R. > wrote in
:

> In a previous posting, Nate Nagel > had the
> audacity to say:
>
>:> Holding the trigger doesn't usually bother me too much, and my
>:> tank can take quite some time to fill (60 litres max).
>:
>:I just like to take the time to clean all the dead bugs off the
>:windshield and lights, instead of standing there holding onto the
>:handle...
>
> Ahh, I use the washers for that, although the "headlamp" washers
> do seem to spray the fluid in some random nondescript direction
> that does not in any way appear to correlate even remotely with
> the actual headlamp locations. :/
>

but you can clean the ENTIRE windshield,not just the part wiped by the
blades.you can also clean the sides and rear window,too.

(reminds me of those schmucks who only would clean snow off their windows
and not the roof and deck lids,so then they trail a cloud of snow as they
drive.Ah,it's nice to be in Florida this time of year!)

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

E.R. > wrote in
:

> In a previous posting, Nate Nagel > had the
> audacity to say:
>
>:> Holding the trigger doesn't usually bother me too much, and my
>:> tank can take quite some time to fill (60 litres max).
>:
>:I just like to take the time to clean all the dead bugs off the
>:windshield and lights, instead of standing there holding onto the
>:handle...
>
> Ahh, I use the washers for that, although the "headlamp" washers
> do seem to spray the fluid in some random nondescript direction
> that does not in any way appear to correlate even remotely with
> the actual headlamp locations. :/
>

but you can clean the ENTIRE windshield,not just the part wiped by the
blades.you can also clean the sides and rear window,too.

(reminds me of those schmucks who only would clean snow off their windows
and not the roof and deck lids,so then they trail a cloud of snow as they
drive.Ah,it's nice to be in Florida this time of year!)

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 08:52:01 -0600, Mike Behnke >
wrote:

>Big Bill wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:47:04 -0500, "Paul"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Henry H. Hansteen" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>> While filling up at a particularly slow pump, I discovered
>>>>that a stick of lip balm is the perfect size to keep the
>>>>fuel flowing while I wait in my truck warm and dry as the
>>>>tank fills.
>>>
>>>From my experience when I worked at a gas station one summer during my
>>
>>>college years, a slow pump means a nearly empty storage tank and that
>>>you are just pulling up all the water, rust and other crap at the bottom
>>>of the tank. Do you really want to put that into your vehicle?
>>
>>
>> And when the other pumps are still filling at a regular rate? The slow
>> pump has its own tank?
>> No, this is usually a filter in need of replacement.
>>
> He just worked at an old one pump station.

Paul's theory reminds me of a guy who worked at a yard I managed; he
wouldn't check the oil level of the trucks he used becasue he said he
could tell the oil level by the pressure gauge; if the pressure was
low, that meant the oil level was low. No amount of reasoning would
convince him this wasn't so.

--
Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 08:52:01 -0600, Mike Behnke >
wrote:

>Big Bill wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:47:04 -0500, "Paul"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Henry H. Hansteen" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>> While filling up at a particularly slow pump, I discovered
>>>>that a stick of lip balm is the perfect size to keep the
>>>>fuel flowing while I wait in my truck warm and dry as the
>>>>tank fills.
>>>
>>>From my experience when I worked at a gas station one summer during my
>>
>>>college years, a slow pump means a nearly empty storage tank and that
>>>you are just pulling up all the water, rust and other crap at the bottom
>>>of the tank. Do you really want to put that into your vehicle?
>>
>>
>> And when the other pumps are still filling at a regular rate? The slow
>> pump has its own tank?
>> No, this is usually a filter in need of replacement.
>>
> He just worked at an old one pump station.

Paul's theory reminds me of a guy who worked at a yard I managed; he
wouldn't check the oil level of the trucks he used becasue he said he
could tell the oil level by the pressure gauge; if the pressure was
low, that meant the oil level was low. No amount of reasoning would
convince him this wasn't so.

--
Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

Mike Behnke wrote:
> Not hypothetical. Read up.
>
> http://www.staticfire.org/mopress.html
> http://www.esdjournal.com/static/refuelfr.htm

The MythBusters show on TLC disproved this just last week.