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I bought a car ~7 years ago in Illinois and transported it to California. Pumps in IL worked fine with the car, but upon arriving in CA, I found that gas pumps
by matmann2001 6y ago
I bought a car ~7 years ago in Illinois and transported it to California. Pumps in IL worked fine with the car, but upon arriving in CA, I found that gas pumps will prematurely shut off, almost immediately upon pumping, regardless of how empty the tank is. In order to prevent the premature shutoff, I have to lift the pump hose at about a 45 degree while pumping.
Any idea what's going wrong here? Is it my car or the pump? Is there a difference between the pumps in IL vs CA?
- rsync 6y agoI have a Chevy truck that does this. Purchased and used in California. I think it's just a subtle mismatch between the gas port and the overly complicated vapor reclamation devices that are on California gas pumps.
- matmann2001 6y agoMy car is also a chevy.
- Skunkleton 6y agoCA requires vapor capture systems on their nozzles. The don't fit very well over the gas inlet and cause the nozzle to sit a little weird. In my experience just pushing the nozzle in, and pulling it up slightly fixes the issue. I have had this issue on a Mustang and a Prius.