After living in TX for several months I returned to Europe and noticed an
interesting difference. Well interesting to this thread, but I wouldn't
want to discuss it at a dinner party. In USA it seemed that it was the
norm to stick in the filler, click on the trigger lock and let go, waiting
for the auto-cutout. Have a cigarette or make a cellphone call while you're
waiting... And there was always a sign "Do not top-off".
Quite the opposite over this side of the pond - the pin across the trigger
that the lock catches on is usually not there, and so it's impossible to
lock the trigger on. You have to hold it in place - I suppose some H&S guy
thinks it's safer. But consequently one tends to hear/feel the first
cut-off and re-squeeze to continue topping-off. My key-chain now has a pin
on it that fits into the vacant holes in the trigger and _I_ can lock it...
Jez
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Sue Pearce <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Don't know about you Brits, but that practice is both impossible and
> ill-advised here. It's all but impossible to see into the filler neck on US
> cars, as there is a very small hole due to the reducer required that is a
> piece of regulation that dates from when leaded fuel was still available.
> Complete with a little spring loaded flap, the filler is smaller than usual
> for no-lead. Likewise, it is said that "overfilling" and 'topping off" will
> damage parts of the emission controls.
>
> Bill Pearce
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