Did I just ruin my bladder?

[Godiva]

I was at CostCo gassing up. It usually shuts off between 9 and 10 gallons but I was filling up really slow. It approached 10 and I expected it to shut off any time. But I had been driving on one blinking pip and thought maybe the tank was a little lower than it usually is when I fill up. As it approached 11 I shut it off myself and when I pulled the nozzled out....backsplash and it was totally full.

Have I ruined my bladder?

What can I do now? Do I try and siphon out the overfill?

[walt]

Drive, pulse and glide, and go for a long distance - you filled it to the brim and have the opportunity for a 600 mile tank! Best of luck!

[KD6HDX]

The same thing happened to me when the car was new. I filled it real slow and it blew back a good amount of gas when I pulled the nozzle. The charcoal canister will saturate when overfilling occurs. If this happens too many times you can get an error code. It also happened one time when I had the nozzle upside down while filling because I had to pull onto the opposite side of the fuel door to get to the pump. I have never seen an error code and the sprayback only happened twice. Now I always fillup fast and make sure the nozzle is in a normal position.

good luck.

[aaf709]

I'm not worried about the bladder; it may be that charcoal filter that got filled with gas.

But maybe you were lucky (which I hope) and nothing happened.

[galaxee]

if you didn't see any check engine or other error lights, you're okay. just be careful in the future. no need to try to siphon out any extra gas or anything.

[Godiva]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ May 24 2007, 08:33 PM) [snapback]449496[/snapback]</div>

no need to try to siphon out any extra gas or anything.
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Now you tell me.

Well, I really suck at it, as in I don't suck at it enough. I was too scared to really suck on it so no gas. It's already gone down into the tank anyway. God knows where it went.

No error lights...yet.

I guess I got off safely. Rest assured I will be real careful in the future.

Thanks for the reassurance.

[galaxee]

that's because there's an anti siphon valve in there!

the system is designed to attempt to resist a major overfill- sounds like it was a good thing you stopped it yourself though! (disclaimer to public: resist does not mean stop!)

happened to me just once and DH grumbled at me for it but it's been fine since. you'll probably end up in the same boat.

[lenjack]

I had a bladder problem, but my urologist fixed me up.

[bgdrewsif]

I just looked at the topic header on the main page and got a good laugh out of it... Then I realized what this really was about (and then it was not funny)...

[Godiva]

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I just looked at the topic header on the main page and got a good laugh out of it... Then I realized what this really was about (and then it was not funny)...
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Look up galaxee's thread posting pics of a bladderectomy hubby performed...and the price tag. You bet it wasn't funny when I thought I might have to pay to replace the entire bladder on my own dime.