tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712940.post110773364161907765..comments2023-11-05T06:37:06.657-06:00Comments on Twelve Two Two Fondue: Can't Pump ThisBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04921039513056888571noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712940.post-1107771889605679002005-02-07T04:24:00.000-06:002005-02-07T04:24:00.000-06:00I wonder what the weather conditions were that day...I wonder what the weather conditions were that day and whether or not your nozzle (the one on the pump, not the one with the fractured English) had one of those reclamation hoods.<br /><br />My wife, being more right than I about a car for a change, once pointed out to me that those stupid little rubber jackets that make the pumps look uncircumcised can cause more problems than they solve, or at least they can on hot days. Here's how it works:<br /><br />You start to pump, but the heat in the line has created a buildup of gas fumes. These fumes, trapped as they are supposed to be in the little rubber thing in search of a moyl, thinks your tank is full and shuts off the flow. Clicks and such follow. The only solution is to hold the little *I won't get so graphic as to name it* back with one hand and run the pump with the other.<br /><br />Sometimes you can release it after a gallon or two, trusting to the liquid gasoline to condense the fumes enough to allow your tank to fill. More often, however, you have to use two hands the whole way.<br /><br />I can't say that such was your problem, but if the atmospheric conditions were right and there was fuel in the underground tanks, this may have been the solution.Andrew Purvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192962796481117755noreply@blogger.com