Gas filling up and overflows all the time?
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Gas filling up and overflows all the time?
Anyone else have this problem?! My 2k never had this issue but my 2k1 does. When I fill up and when it cuts off my filler, it overflows onto my damn paint with gas. I try to not let it do it, but it just happens. My paint is starting to degrade under the gas tank filler, its not shinny anymore. I might need to go get it professionally buffed, but I want to prevent this from happening... Any ideas?
Re: Gas filling up and overflows all the time?
Originally posted by RussMaxManiac
Anyone else have this problem?! My 2k never had this issue but my 2k1 does. When I fill up and when it cuts off my filler, it overflows onto my damn paint with gas. I try to not let it do it, but it just happens. My paint is starting to degrade under the gas tank filler, its not shinny anymore. I might need to go get it professionally buffed, but I want to prevent this from happening... Any ideas?
Anyone else have this problem?! My 2k never had this issue but my 2k1 does. When I fill up and when it cuts off my filler, it overflows onto my damn paint with gas. I try to not let it do it, but it just happens. My paint is starting to degrade under the gas tank filler, its not shinny anymore. I might need to go get it professionally buffed, but I want to prevent this from happening... Any ideas?
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Re: Gas filling up and overflows all the time?
Originally posted by RussMaxManiac
Anyone else have this problem?! My 2k never had this issue but my 2k1 does. When I fill up and when it cuts off my filler, it overflows onto my damn paint with gas. I try to not let it do it, but it just happens. My paint is starting to degrade under the gas tank filler, its not shinny anymore. I might need to go get it professionally buffed, but I want to prevent this from happening... Any ideas?
Anyone else have this problem?! My 2k never had this issue but my 2k1 does. When I fill up and when it cuts off my filler, it overflows onto my damn paint with gas. I try to not let it do it, but it just happens. My paint is starting to degrade under the gas tank filler, its not shinny anymore. I might need to go get it professionally buffed, but I want to prevent this from happening... Any ideas?
Good luck!
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You could do that or figure out how many gallons your tank holds then figure out how much gas you want to put in from there. I don't completly think its the car's fault though. Do you go to the same pump all the time, cause its the pump that detects when to stop, so maybe there is a problem with the pump? I don't know just a idea
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Re: Gas filling up and overflows all the time?
A few suggestions:
1) When setting the auto-pump leever, don't use the fastest setting.
2) Angle the nozzle differently --more to the right or left or even completely upside dowm.
3) Try a different gas station with a different pump manufacturer.
4) Pray to Allah, since the oil for the gas probably came from one of his countries...
1) When setting the auto-pump leever, don't use the fastest setting.
2) Angle the nozzle differently --more to the right or left or even completely upside dowm.
3) Try a different gas station with a different pump manufacturer.
4) Pray to Allah, since the oil for the gas probably came from one of his countries...
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Originally posted by zman187
You could do that or figure out how many gallons your tank holds then figure out how much gas you want to put in from there. I don't completly think its the car's fault though. Do you go to the same pump all the time, cause its the pump that detects when to stop, so maybe there is a problem with the pump? I don't know just a idea
You could do that or figure out how many gallons your tank holds then figure out how much gas you want to put in from there. I don't completly think its the car's fault though. Do you go to the same pump all the time, cause its the pump that detects when to stop, so maybe there is a problem with the pump? I don't know just a idea
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I'm with RussMaxManiac .... Never had this problem with my Altima (traded in two months ago for a 2k1 Max SE)at the same pumps I'm overfilling at now. I assumed this was a design oversight but if it's only affecting a few of us maybe it's time to yell at the dealer!
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Originally posted by RussMaxManiac
Different pumps...I have tried many.
Different pumps...I have tried many.
If you have tried diffrent pumps, and there are multiple people having the same problem, then there is clearly something wrong with the car and you should inquire the dealer about it. Thats a problem which needs to be solved.
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Don't Top It Off
This happened to me a couple of times right when I first got my 2K2. Then, I realized that I couldn't "top off" the tank, because it would cause it to overflow. Since I stopped "topping off" I haven't had any spills . . . good luck!
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