Fueling trick - How to get your Gen 2 to take gas

See the flange where you're putting your nozzle at 12 on that flange use a punch and punch two holes . They'll be close to a quarter inch holes or such I can usually run on high to 6.4 gallons then half squeezing to get to 8.4 takes me about 1.5 min to gas up SE USA

 

and pray that you don't create a spark?

Wth...............this has to be the absolute worst advice ever given.....

 

I’ve found occasional success by rotating the angle of the fuel nozzle to where it’s sideways and filling the tank slowly. But most of the time, it was just paying attention to which station and pump I was using when there were problems and using different ones after that. I always did my best to pump in at least 3 gallons at a time, since that’s what the car requires to detect that there’s added fuel in the tank.

 

Must be a US problem, our Gen 2 Prius takes the 50 ltr (13 us gal) from the fuel light flashing warning you will be walking within the next 10kms, to full, in one full trigger pull fill. Might need to change the angle a bit at a few service stns, but that's about it ......

T1 Terry

 

it is. there's no bladder outside of north america

 

It is reportedly a bit stubborn due to the design—emphasis on "a bit"—but if it ever becomes genuinely difficult or balky to fill, that's likely not "due to the design" but because some part of the ORVR system has stopped doing its job, and that's a time not for nozzle tricks but just for finding and fixing the problem. More in ➡this thread⬅.

 

Hi
I’m having this problem with my 2008 Prius.
43,400 mikes… Was there a recall for the gas tank ?
I took my car to top off my tank to fill about 3 gallons. Fuel backed ou…. Fuel gauge stayed at 6 squares and mileage on screen stayed at 18 miles. I drive around for an hour nothing changed. took to my mechanic and they were able to reset . I was told do not top off.
this is the first time it’s happened.
Normally I have waited till it was half full.
Moving forward I will pump slowly and wait a few minutes before fueling…
Thanks it’s been quite awhile since I’ve signed into Prius Chat. I knew I couldn’t be the only one experiencing this.

 

The car's ORVR system has a lot of components that have to do their jobs all together, and some of them can stop working right and cause the kinds of problems reported here, especially if there is a history of anyone "topping off" the fuel tank.

If you're experiencing anything beyond the normal slight variability of filling a bladder tank, you probably just have an ORVR issue needing repair, and repairing it will solve the problem. The thread linked in #7 above has more info.

 

I just purchased a 2007 base model with 190k, and a one-owner with every single service record, and I noticed the first 2 times I went to fill it up it would only take 8 gallons or so, which seemed odd, so I came here and read about the bladder issues. Long story short, I fueled up yesterday using your method, and I was able to get 10.4 gallons without overfilling it...