lanceuppercut

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..i know how to use a fuel pump and i do have the necessary grip to keep the pump activated, so its not that

brought the car a few weeks ago, filled it up right away at a nearby BP, filled up to the top, £70ish.

today noticed the tank was about 1/4 full so decided to fill it up. went into my local shell and started filling up, however the pump cut me off about 5 litres in and now the fuel gauge shows somewhere inbetween 1/3 and 1/2.

what is going on? in between the 2 fill-ups, the only thing i can think of is that it's been to a garage for a full service at my local indy but why would the fuel cut off, cut me off when the tank isn't full?

granted i haven't tried a different pump yet but is there anything on the car which might suggest this sort of behaviour?

joz8968

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Pump triggers - in my experience on other cars at least - can be temperamental buggers! Did you try varying finger pressures/trigger positions - rather than just fully closed up?

Did you also try differing positions of the nozzle in the filler hole i.e. varying degrees of insertion depth (LOL!) and/or rotation?

alcazar

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As above.

If a new load of fuel has just been delivered, sometimes it "foams" when it goes into your tank.
This can cause premature nozzle triggering.

lanceuppercut

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i retried after it cut me off (at the same pump) before going to pay, definately cut me off!

will have to see what it does on a different pump..

joz8968

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Even if it cuts you off next time - keep trying the above. It just might cause it to restart.

After a few attempts, you eventually 'get a feel' for the trigger's position with respect to the pump valve remaining open and allowing fuel to flow...

lanceuppercut

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i'll see what happens next time i try to fill up, usually full pressure on the fuel pump does the job and have never run into this issue before.

hopefully its just foamy!

NOSSY_89

Had this issues with my classic when I went to fill it. The tank was empty and I filled less then 1 litre in and it stopped. I realised its because of the way the tank is and if you push the nozzel all the way in the pump thinks its full.

lanceuppercut

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went to a different shell and worked fine so can only assume it was the foaming that alcazar mentioned.

weird, as i'd never encountered that sort of thing in the time i've owned a car before.

joz8968

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I remember, eons ago!, when it first happened to me. I was really confused at the time...