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Old 10-24-02, 08:13 PM
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How does the gas nozzle at gas stations know to stop pumping????
I'm wondering because I'm installing a fuel cell and need to know how the nozzle stops. Where I live you can't pump your own gas so I just don't want gas all in my trunk
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Old 10-24-02, 10:25 PM
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on my car it stops at about 3/4 of tank.
It knows to stop when gas backs up into the nozzle. Then it stops and the backup drains down. That why you can always pump an extra dollar or so in, althoug it just floods the charcoal filter.
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sort of....here is the exact explanation:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question25.htm
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why cant you pump your own gas?
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Re: How does the gas nozzle at gas stations know to stop pumping????
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Where I live you can't pump your own gas
Do you live in Oregon?
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Can't pump your own gas in NJ either.
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You guys can't pump your own gas? WTF is going on in this county?!
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"You guys can't pump your own gas? WTF is going on in this county?!"
That's funny as hell! Is gas more expensive there? if not hell that's good service!
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