Vapor Lock?

[Commander]

I am having trouble at the gas station. Lately when trying to fill up it takes forever however you move the pump it does not want to cooperate. Sometimes I can get only a few dollars in. Sometimes it seems to be the gas station, other times it fills right up.. Any suggestions?

 

[Bob Denman]

Does New Jersey use those big rubber attachments, that prevent fuel vapors from escaping into the atmosphere? :dontknow:
(We don't have them up here, and I usually just hold the nozzle so that it is barely down within the fuel tank opening... no problem! :thumbup

 

[Trbayth]

Yes they do. In order to gas up correctly, as Bob mentions, you have to pull that rubber back. Otherwise, the pump won't run.

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Sonuvagun... :shocked:
More proof, that even a blind hog can eventually find an acorn or two!

 

[Commander]

Thank You

 

[Chupaca]

Wish I could find....

back when they sold (at every bike shop) a metal plate you placed on the nozzel to hold that rubber cover up so you could fill up you bike.. Probably ilegal now but they worked great. Here in CA filling up is like suffing an elephant trunk into a dixie cup....:roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

If you could find somebody willing to make you one... :thumbup:

 

[bruiser]

I thought New Jersey didn't have self service pumps.

 

[Bob Denman]

They're not supposed to...
...But most of the pump jockeys leave the bikers alone! :shocked:

 

[Trbayth]

Most stations I stop at in NJ the attendant starts the pump then hands you the nozzle and walks away. They don't want to deal with bikes. Which is fine by me. I have no problem pumping my own gas when I travel out of state.