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I've seen similar stories before, and I'm wondering whether (some?) US pumps might work slower than ours? Or maybe it is just larger fuel tanks due to larger ca

• yellowapple 6y ago
  Well so at least here in the US there are two different notches: one that pumps fast, and one that pumps slow. I always use the one that pumps slow. But 10 gallons a minute sounds about right. My car (well, SUV) has a 17 (?) gallon tank, and it takes a couple minutes to fill at that slower notch.
• jacurtis 6y ago
  It definitely depends on the gas station. Some pump faster and some pump slower. 10 gal/min sounds about average. I like pumping at truck stops (Flying J, Loves, etc) because they tend to have faster pumps. I drive a pickup truck with a 38 gallon (145 liter) tank. So I definitely notice slow pumps and seek out gas stations with faster ones. I have been to many gas stations where they pump way too slow and I will just get a few gallons and leave because I don't want to sit around all day while it fills up and I don't trust the auto-shutoffs enough to leave it unattended. I have had one fail once and luckily was there to stop it before too big of a mess was made. I am lucky enough to live right next to a Gasoline Distribution company and they have a really nice public gas pump that you can use with super fast pumps and all of their gas is ethanol free (most gas in the US has ~10% ethanol). So that is where I usually fill up.