Please Help: Issues putting Petrol into car!

sally365

When I go to stick petrol into the car, the pump starts clicking after a few euro and stops pumping petrol into the tank...

If i slowly pump it in 'click flow,click flow click flow' , it seems to barely work a wee bit, and then petrol flows out of the tank.

Tired alot of places, and i've tired 'taking it out and putting it in again' thinking it was an air lock

Anyone know what the problem? - I feel like a clown lol

Side story: My petrol thingy on the dash board hasnt been working for months, so every 100miles i top up with 20euro petrol. My tank is hardly full is it? im pretty sure its not as I ran out at one point

biko

So you push the nozzle into the fuel hole just enough for it not to spill on the side?
That should work.
Tbh, you should get that fuel meter fixed

Plan B: buy a jerry can and fill with petrol. Keep driving until car stops and fill up from jerry can.

Kenny Logins

The pump stops when your tank is full.

Ronnie Beck

My old car used to do this. A '97 mitsubishi lancer. What's yours? Never figured out why. It varied from one station to another. I found only putting the nozzle in a small bit helped to stop the tank pressurising.

sally365

Nissan Almera 01 thanks for the replies

Voodoomelon

Your tank is likely full. There's a hole on the end of the nozzle that sucks air through as you fill; when the tank is full the air stops moving through the hole and the clicking starts happening when the linkage in the handle stops the flow.

sally365

Great news lol, I'll fill up a bottle of petrol in case i run out lol

discombobulate

At a quick calculation presuming your car does around 33 mpg it should take about 13 litres per fill which would be in or around €20 so it shouldn't be full if its done 100 miles after every fill unless the mpg is a lot better than i'm guessing there

Outkast_IRE

Just a word of advice I have been in one or two cars in the past that for whatever reason kept making the pump click all the time. Very annoying, used to happen a lot to a Subaru Imprezza a friend owned .

wrmwit

Ronnie Beck wrote: »

My old car used to do this. A '97 mitsubishi lancer. What's yours? Never figured out why. It varied from one station to another. I found only putting the nozzle in a small bit helped to stop the tank pressurising.

Same thing with my old car, it was a 96 reg Peugeot. I used to only put the nozzle half way in and it was grand. I found in some places that if I put the nozzle in upside down, with the handle facing up, it worked fine.

Like the OP, the fuel gauge stopped working on the car a while back. I used to rely on the light to appear before I knew it was time for a pit stop.

dr.fuzzenstein

OSI wrote: »

Don't use a bottle!! Use a jerry can, and preferably a metal one.

No only is it illegal to fill a plastic bottle with petrol, the bottle will dissolve and you'll be left with a petrol soaked boot.

Aside from the mess (which you are right about), where does it say it's illegal to fill petrol into certain vessels?

Ronnie Beck

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Aside from the mess (which you are right about), where does it say it's illegal to fill petrol into certain vessels?

GavMan

Could be that while the tank is not full, the pressure of the flow is causing some backflow which will cause the pump to cut off.

Def worth getting checked out that theres no blockage on the way into the tank

vandriver

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Aside from the mess (which you are right about), where does it say it's illegal to fill petrol into certain vessels?

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1972/en/act/pub/0010/sec0021.html

biko

Get the jerry can at the petrol station, they will give you a proper one.

Noccy_Mondy

I had a similar problem with my car, was told by the assistant to let the fuel nozzle rest down when putting petrol into the tank. Worked for me anyway

Kenny Logins

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

I had a similar problem with my car, was told by the assistant to let the fuel nozzle rest down when putting petrol into the tank. Worked for me anyway

Yep, that's what they're designed to do.

T-Maxx

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

I had a similar problem with my car, was told by the assistant to let the fuel nozzle rest down when putting petrol into the tank. Worked for me anyway

Noccy_Mondy

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Yep, that's what they're designed to do.

I can guarantee if you hold the fuel nozzle up high when refueling, it will keep clicking, there actually is a bit of room for play with the nozzles when in the tank, they don't fit exact.

Kenny Logins

T-Maxx wrote: »

Latch it and let it sit in the filler neck. It'll fill up and stop.

Senecio

Twisting the nozzle 90 degrees also helps on some cars

mickdw

Mine sometimes click madly, sometimes its fine. I try pulling it out abit, turning it upside down etc and when its doing it, nothing helps apart from filling a bit slower.
Can someone explain in detail the system that causes the clicking

mloc123

Or a 2l milk bottle is also an approved method of carrying petrol...

:pac:

dgt

Similar issue with a car in the past, a right pain to fill with petrol. Problem was some anus jammed the pump in and shoved the anti siphon device further down the filler.

Go out and check yours, if thats the case I'll tell you how to get it sorted

scudo2

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Aside from the mess (which you are right about), where does it say it's illegal to fill petrol into certain vessels?

Because of static electricty off most plastic containers you could be handeling a grenade.
Petrol should only be put in an appropate container. Metal jerry can is best as it eirths itself.