Misfueling - A first...

So pulling up to a Pennsylvania station, I see a Jetta in front of me with a rather agitated older woman jamming the nozzle into a fuel port that it obviously doesn't fit. I look at the pump, "Diesel". I look at the badge on the car "2.5".

"Lady!" I yells, "That's diesel!". Doesn't even glance up. Tries it a few more times then slams the diesel nozzle back and grabs the gas nozzle. If only it were that easy to avoid putting gas in a diesel car. And this is why they leave it to the professionals in New Jersey...

Well I am not really sure the attendants are professionals but at least they do the act of filling cars either gas or diesel more times in a week that I have over 13 years of this TDI ownership.

Trained well .................................

PeterV said:

Trained well .................................

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Punctuation is everything.

Trained well!

Trained? Well...

The employees will say trained well or even well trained...

The public might not agree.

One of my friends got fired from a gas attendant job for filling a brand new diesel Chevy 2500 with gas on his first day of work... We still bug him about it two years later

There are still gas stations were people fill your cars up for you?? Cant say I have been to one in WI

Having a diesel, that would scare me, I could totally see them putting gas in it.

My station the diesel pumps are on their own island, so less chance of messsing that up.

duwem said:

There are still gas stations were people fill your cars up for you?? Cant say I have been to one in WI

Having a diesel, that would scare me, I could totally see them putting gas in it.

My station the diesel pumps are on their own island, so less chance of messsing that up.

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Two states require it.

It also used to be fairly common as a premium service - I remember a BP station here in town that offered "full service" as late as the mid 90s. They'd check your oil and wash your windshield while filling too. Of course, you paid a premium of something like 15c/gal for the privilege - and this was when gas was maybe $1.20 to start with.

My diesel pumps all have bright green hoses. Good lord. What else do you need?!

Jethro said:

My diesel pumps all have bright green hoses. Good lord. What else do you need?!

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They do?

Jethro said:

My diesel pumps all have bright green hoses. Good lord. What else do you need?!

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How about green handles?

I don't go by color because I've seen too many with other colors.

Jethro said:

My diesel pumps all have bright green hoses. Good lord. What else do you need?!

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That will do just fine for you until you go to a BP station.

duwem said:

There are still gas stations were people fill your cars up for you?? Cant say I have been to one in WI

Having a diesel, that would scare me, I could totally see them putting gas in it.

My station the diesel pumps are on their own island, so less chance of messsing that up.

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I can understand that in WI. where people still can't read. Here In WV we have a lot of stations that will fill your tank and with the right stuff, We even have one over the line in MD that still fills your tank ,washes you windows and checks the oil. Don't know where this country is going to guess we will find out next week.

Jethro said:

My diesel pumps all have bright green hoses. Good lord. What else do you need?!

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Why can't all diesel pumps in North America be color coded one same color?

Trebor46 said:

Why can't all diesel pumps in North America be color coded one same color?

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This would require our politicians to actually agree on something. I'm not positive about Canada, but in the US this appears to be mostly impossible. I agree that it would be nice if diesel pumps were required to be a standard size and a standard color, but I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for it to happen.

Have Fun!

Don

Because they are coded with the letters "DIESEL" instead.

I had a coworker approach me last week for advice. Her 80 year old mother (recently widowed) somehow successfully FILLED up her 2012 Buick with diesel. They had it towed to the dealer (!) before they realized the mother had filled it with diesel, she just picked it up from the dealer the day before for a recall and thought the dealer did something to make the car run poorly. My coworker realized her mother filled it with diesel after the car was towed to the dealer. Her mother commented how dangerous it was to fill up at that station where the nozzle doesn't fit the hole and gas leaks everywhere when you try to fill up

I advised to be prepared for a voided warranty, and at least a $900 bill. Sure enough the estimate was $800. The next day the dealer called and bumped the total to $2000 for new injectors, etc.

They ok'd the repairs, and as it turns out, State Farm covered the repairs with no out of pocket deductible.

Dealer says the warranty will not be voided. Car has 8000 total miles.

Might be time to think about taking the keys away.

Lightflyer1 said:

Might be time to think about taking the keys away.

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Thats exactly what I said. Apparently the deceased husband did everything for the wife including fueling the vehicles. The family thinks "how sweet"

I think, "how dumb"

Birdman said:

I can understand that in WI. where people still can't read.

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That would be the pot calling the kettle black.... I can understand it might be the idiots that protested the capitol but the rest of us can read just fine.

duwem said:

There are still gas stations were people fill your cars up for you?? Cant say I have been to one in WI

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I bet they're out there, perhaps in smaller towns. My 81 year old mother has yet to ever pump her own gasoline.

You'll find it in some of the smaller towns but they are far and few between.

The last left Madison when Parman's closed in 2009. They were the neighborhood gas/fix it shop in the Monroe St district. (read liberal university neighborhood) Good guys. Just got caught up with the ignorant city and could not afford to "upgrade" the property so it look "correct". Sad really....My best friends parents family home was 3 blocks away. They went there religiously for gas and service (American Cars) His family owned the entire corridor, 2 miles. G-pa was a smart man and bought a lot of land in the teens and 20's.