Guys i was just wondering, cause some people say you gotta turn it off, some leave it on.

How about you?

 

leave it on, unless youre going to wait in a long line inside, dont want someone running off with your max now do ya?

 

It's illegal to leave it on in a lot of states, if not all

 

I turn mine off

 

Turn it off.

 

common sense says turn it off ... idling just burns gas anyway and since you should be putting premium in it why burn expensive gas for no reason

 

+1, kill it while you fill it.

Man, that was totally accidental...

 

Just shut it off............

 

I always turn it off. all becasue i`ve seen a few pic of a gas tank expolded while the guys putting gas with the engine running.
It was not a pretty sight, the "guy" WAS standing next to the gas door while that thing explode. Roof came off, door came off. i guess the his head gets smaked by the trunk while it flew off and the "HEAD" became a pile : x. i can post a link if anyone wants to see it.

 

i leave my engine off but turn my car to the on posistion. this was i can sit in my car and listen to music while the car fills up, so i can avoid the cliched and awkward- foot resting on the car hangout posistion while you wait for your tank to fill. also (how ocd is this?!) i prefer my gas gauge to be all the way back up to F before i start driving around; i dont like for it to be still going back up while i'm already going down the road.

 

i believe in my state it's illegal to keep the car on. and since most stations aren't
full service (a requirement in NJ for example) it would do no good for me to keep it on to listen to music.

 

You are not suppose to go back inside ur car until the gas cap goes back in. Static on your body easily causes explosion. seen it a few times on the news, well it didn`t explode but gas tank caught on fire. even IF you have to go back in, touch metal part of the :gas filling thing: LOL to remove any static on your body.

 

leave it off

 

If you get in your car while filling up and then get back out all you have to do is make sure you touch something metal not apart of the gas handle or near the filler. You can touch the outside of the door, the roof or multiple other places that are metal. Just don't touch the around the handle area. On that note you shouldn't be on a cell phone either when pumping gas for the same safety reasons.

Also, why would you fill your tank up with the car on? To me it makes common sense and for your safety to turn the car off.

 

Static really isn't a big deal, nor is cell phone usage (which is prohibited at gas stations in many states). However, both of these are completely regardless of whether or not the car can be left running. I personally shut it down.

 

Turn it off. Why risk something happening.

 

Just do what I do, shut the engine off, lock up my car. And while filling up, I go inside the mini-mart to buy gum, soda, and other necessities. By the time I get back, its all done and off I go. No worries about static electricity and everything else.

 

i turn mine off. if ever a fire does start from static or whatever your NEVER suppose to pull the pump out of you car this makes it worse. the people inside can shut off the pump . most injuries are caused when the person pulls the pump out spraying lit gasoline

 

I turn my off all the time. They say you should turn it off because the car is not grounded ( on rubber tires ) and if u have any static electricity on you, ... you do the math.

 

leaving the car on will not pose any threat of igniting the gas. the main threat is getting in and out wearing staticy clothes and then touching something thats grounded and causing a spark <-- which has nothing to do with whether the car is running or not. I would not leave it on if i was going in to pay though...

 

Always off

 

Leave it off!

 

good , off is good, i always turn mine off too.

 

Turn it off.. why risk it?

 

turn mine off too!!

 

dont let it happen to you. keep it off

 

Turn it off...fumes are a powerful thing...plus cant u get an EVAP code if u have an open gas cap with the car running?????

 

no no no no never makes the check engine light come on

 

doesn't the little sticker on the pump say "turn off car, and no cell phones"

 

used to leave in on when i was in houston. by the time u were done filling up, the car was steaming hot. but now in michigan no need to leave it on

 

i always leave mine on....dont know why, guess i just like to get in and go (and when its freezing cold out i like to keep the heat blasting so when I get back in its nice and warm)...why would it matter fire wise if you have your car on or not? makes no sense

 

exactly!!

people somehow get the idea that the engine running is going to make the gas fumes ignite... If thats the case then why doesn't the starter cause the gas fumes to ignites and why don't they make people turn their car off and push it up to the gas pump cause I mean what about the other people pumping around you... The only place where the fumes are going to be concentrated enough to start a fire is right near the nozle of the pump and the inlet of the gas tank. And fires we see are almost always caused when a someone grabs the handle after gas has leaked out and happens to cause a spark. And if theres any wind there is almost no chance of fire.

That said... the main reason they recommend turning off your car is so thieves don't steal it while you're pumping or paying (which is quite common)

 

I also do it to save gas...I rarely sit with my car running. It gets turned off if its going to be in the same position for over 30 seconds. I know I wouldn't waste much but with current prices I want to make it last as long as possible.

 

LOL, gawd i'm the exacty same way. Why i have it in ON Position so it goes up and is above full before i drive away lol.

But yes i turn my car off. You're also not suppose to talk on Cell Phones either, as another danger other than static.

 

There's nothing wrong with leaving it on. I turn mine off so i can lock it.

 

doesn't it waste more gas turning the car on then leaving it running for a minute or two? not sure if this is true but just always what i thought.

 

I think this is true from what Ive heard

 

This is true with diesels, not necessarily with gasoline motors.

 

I was about to start a thread with this exact topic. I heard it (obviously) varies from engine to engine. For example, I heard that in V6's, leaving the car on for 5-6 minutes is equivalent to the gas used for a single start. Not sure if this is a fact, or just BS.. Anyone?

 

According to the FSM, there is simultaneous fuel injection while cranking, i.e. all six injectors are fired every crank revolution at the same time with the same pulsewidth. But once the motor starts up, it begins the sequential fuel injection. So the only time that the motor uses more gas than when it's idling is when it's cranking. Leaving the motor running for more than a few seconds will use more gas then at startup, on a warm motor of course.