Gas pump didn't shut off

37chief · Apr 23, 2019

I was filling a couple 5 gal cans for my truck. I pulled out the nozzle it didn't shut off. With gas squirting out of the nozzle I stuck it in my truck. I go into the attendant, she didn't have any idea what to do. I go back to my truck waiting for the tank to fill and start spilling out. I pinched the hose, and it stopped. Another guy pulled up. I told him the pump didn't shut off. He paid no attention to what I had just said. After filling his car he said the nozzle didn't shut off.To help him out I pinched the hose this time it still kept filling. About that time I left to kept from being roasted. Some how the attendant got it shut off as I was leaving. Ever had that happen? Stan

JMS./MN · Apr 23, 2019

Never seen it happen, but I guess it would be wise to look for the shutoff switch on the building when stopping at a gas station.

Bob · Apr 23, 2019

(quoted from post at 14:39:13 04/23/19) Never seen it happen, but I guess it would be wise to look for the shutoff switch on the building when stopping at a gas station.

Yep, sounds like a good plan!

Mike(NEOhio) · Apr 23, 2019

I'm confused. Did the auto shutoff not work or did the nozzle not shut off when you released the handle? This was at a gas station I presume. How were you able to pinch the hose? Those thing will stand up to a car driving over them.

Steve@Advance · Apr 23, 2019

No, never had one that would not shut off when the lever was released.

I've had lots of them fail to stop when the tank was full, but it would always stop once the lock was released and the lever went down.

All the gas stations I've seen lately had an emergency stop button somewhere near the pumps.

Never had to use it, but this makes me want to be more aware of where it is, just in case!

Stephen Newell · Apr 23, 2019

I don't know how you pinched the hose. Any I've seen were so rigid you couldn't pinch them with pliers.

john in la · Apr 23, 2019

So the automatic cut off did not work.
Gas still flowed even when the handle was reset manually.
Gas still flowed when the pump was shut down via the on off handle on the pump.
And no one even the attendant thought to hit the emergency stop button.
Then on top of that the attendant allowed someone else to use this same pump.

Boy is that a one in a million chain of events.

JMOR · Apr 23, 2019

(quoted from post at 16:25:46 04/23/19) So the automatic cut off did not work.
Gas still flowed even when the handle was reset manually.
Gas still flowed when the pump was shut down via the on off handle on the pump.
And no one even the attendant thought to hit the emergency stop button.
Then on top of that the attendant allowed someone else to use this same pump.

Boy is that a one in a million chain of events.

his sounds like operator error, " I pulled out the nozzle it didn't shut off.". Nozzle senses pressure due to level filling to end of nozzle, so if simply pulled from can, it has no way to sense level and shut off. So, it keeps flowing until operator takes action to stop it.

db4600 · Apr 23, 2019

If the Blue Rhino cage isn?t in front of it. Or you could just drive through the wall like Jack?s in EV.....poor minnows.

Russ from MN · Apr 23, 2019

MN requires all gas stations to have an emergency shut of accessible to customers at all times, I would think CA would be just as safe! I wonder if the pump would of shut off when it reached the credit card limit, it used to be $75 the last time gas got expensive, looks like it's going to be up there again soon!

bumblebee · Apr 23, 2019

Did you get the gas for free? Sounds like you left in a hurry!!

ss55 · Apr 23, 2019

Could you have forgotten to squeeze the handle to release the nozzle lock and shut off the pump before removing the nozzle?

fixerupper · Apr 23, 2019

Get on You Tube, type in gas station mishaps or something to that order. Most of the mishaps are people driving away with the nozzle still in the car but there are some other strange happenings to be seen. Like the person who used a cigarette lighter for light so see where the nozzle went in the car. I have had diesel nozzles not kick off here on the farm. Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said that.

37chief · Apr 23, 2019

The hose was fairly flexable. I bent it in a U. maybe it just stopped on it's own? Stan

37chief · Apr 23, 2019

No free gas it was on my card. Stan

rustred · Apr 23, 2019

I thing those attendants should get safety course before being hired! should be a red button you hit to disable the pumps, plus something inside. most customers don't know this.

David G · Apr 23, 2019

There should be a big red safety shutoff near the pump, I would push it if a pump would not stop.

john in la · Apr 23, 2019

The safety shut off should not and is not by the pumps.
Usually on the front of the building.
No point putting the shut off by the pump where you can not get to it during a pump fire.

David G · Apr 23, 2019

Thanks

4play · Apr 23, 2019

Just hang the nozzle back up, that should shut it off, next go for the emergency kill button, they should be located near the entry/exit doors of the building and clearly labeled.

MarkB_MI · Apr 24, 2019

Could it have been related to the vapor recovery system required on CA pumps? At least once or twice I've had the recovery system suck up overflowing fuel when the handle didn't trip. And I've had malfunctioning nozzles on regular pumps fail to trip, causing gas to overflow, but they've always quit when I released the lever.

Leroy · Apr 24, 2019

If the gas pump hose was that soft flexible it was ready to blow and should have been replaced long ago. If a station did maintainence like that I would not go back to them. They are just waiting on a big fire to happen and kill someone, I think you need to contact the safty department of the state that investigates the stations to give then their licence to operate. A good hose you could NEVER bend like that.

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