Solutions for gas pumping issue?

[jlbeerhour]

Has anyone found out any solutions to putting gas in Prius? The issue doesn't happen much, but super irritating when it does, and I can't figure out what I am doing wrong!!

[MNPrius]

Hi jlbeerhour, Welcome to PriusChat. A couple things will help with your posts - let us know where you are from (usually put this in your profile) and which year/pkg you own. I have an '05 pkg 1 and have owned since Oct 2005. I'm in MN and notice the gas "issue" exists more when it's cold outside. I have found you can stretch the bladder and have better fill ups if you fill one tank very, very slowly. Also, it seems to be pump specific, i.e. some pumps are better than others so shop around. Good luck - I had more trouble with filling tanks in the beginning than I do now.

[galaxee]

don't go trying to top off too much, you can end up causing problems with the bladder. a fill-up every 400 miles won't kill ya

[Dripps]

In NJ we are not allowed to pump our own gas. I'm wondering how my fill ups will be with the station doing it....I'm sure SLOW filling is not going to happen.

[nmgreen]

I'm waiting for my Prius. Can you enlighten me as to the nature of this problem? Thanks

[roach52osu]

I think as discussed in some other threads this may be pump specific... I found this presentation by a manufacturer, somewhat of an advertisement but some interestign explinations of why we have this problem and some pictures that show nozzles that have been damaged and create this issue.

http://www.husky.com/apetnoz.htm

[klaux]

Originally posted by nmgreen@Jan 17 2006, 10:37 PM
I'm waiting for my Prius.  Can you enlighten me as to the nature of this problem?  Thanks

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I'm assuming that this is the problem I have been experiencing of late--the gas pump keeps wanting to shut off long before the tank is full. I took my near-empty '05 Prius to a local station the other day, and after pumping just 3 gallons the pump kept shutting off. I kept trying to pump more, gave up after 4 gallons or so.

However, there are other stations in the area where this doesn't seem to happen, or to happen much.

And of course, fortunately Prius doesn't require much gas to begin with....

[Weinerneck]

[Weinerneck]

Originally posted by klaux@Jan 18 2006, 08:30 AM
I'm assuming that this is the problem I have been experiencing of late--the gas pump keeps wanting to shut off long before the tank is full. I took my near-empty '05 Prius to a local station the other day, and after pumping just 3 gallons the pump kept shutting off. I kept trying to pump more, gave up after 4 gallons or so.

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I hope the frustration level never gets this high with any Prius owner.

I couldn't resist sharing this with you all.

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[kaizen]

Originally posted by roach52osu@Jan 17 2006, 09:38 PM
I think as discussed in some other threads this may be pump specific... I found this presentation by a manufacturer, somewhat of an advertisement but some interestign explinations of why we have this problem and some pictures that show nozzles that have been damaged and create this issue.

http://www.husky.com/apetnoz.htm

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Thanks for the link to the very informative article, just in time before my first Prius fillup. All Prius owners would probably benefit from reading it, based on all of the tank filling problems posted here.