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Takes foever to refuel......new owner ??

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Old Apr 16, 2018 | 12:32 PM
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Takes foever to refuel......new owner ??

Just bought a 2013 R57.

Stopped to put in some fuel.......I thought the first pump I was at was not working correctly because it took about a minute just to get a gallon of gas.
So I shut the pump off at 1 gallon and moved to another pump..........pretty much the same thing.......
seemed like 3 minutes to put in another 4 gallons.

Did I do something wrong, is there a trick to refueling, ???
 
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Old Apr 16, 2018 | 12:38 PM
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Try another gas station. I've had this happen before and the station had something wrong with many pumps
 
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Old Apr 16, 2018 | 03:49 PM
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I had this happen at a station and finally figured it was putting out one heck of a flow pressure shutting it off before filled.

It seems some stations figured if they can fill the tank faster, they can get the customer filled and out fast, allowing a new customer in quickly. So call more sales in less time and more daily profit.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2018 | 07:05 AM
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Had a 07 chevy pickup with the same problem, the vent for the gas tank was stop up. Only allowed me to fill the filler hose, before shutting off. 15min to fill 10 gals. Just one more way to look at it.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 07:21 AM
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I have had the issue several times at different stations across the country, at one station, I noticed the flow rate was so slow (1 gph) I gave up after 15 minutes and only had .25 gallons pumped I reported it to the Attendant and they were aware of the issue but didn't care. went across the street and pumped fuel so fast I had to hold back from full pressure.

...don't waste your time at stations that fail to service pumps and filters.

Motor On!
 
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