Filling with fuel, problem?

[dalej]

Hey everyone, was wondering if any of you have the problem that I have. When I pull into a truck stop to fill I always worry about the fuel burping out the fill spout. I have always had to control the flow to 1/2 or so, so as not to have it come back and splash out all over, it can be messy in the wind.

Any advise or fixes on this issue?

Dale

[truk4u]

Dale,
We all probably have the same problem, the venting is just not big enough to handle the pressure and volume at the truckstops. Remember, the trucks don't have a dinky little 2" fuel spout, the saddle tanks have BIG openings, anywhere from 3 to 6 inches and vent while filling.

If it's quiet enough while fueling (a rare occasion) you can hear the rush of fuel as it gets full and then cut back the flow. I try to use the RV side at Flying J with the lower pressure pumps, just so I don't have to change shoes to get back in the bus. The big truck side is always bathed in fuel and oil and you can trash your carpet pretty quick. It takes a little longer to fuel, but we're not suppose to be in a hurry.

[MangoMike]

Baptism by #2 Diesel.

My first trip and first fill up w/ the family and brother. Standing right in front of the the fill pipe when at least a gallon of diesel came hurtling over me at top off. Had to strip naked right there in the fuel lane before my wife let me back into the Mothership. Now I never know my exact fuel mileage as I'll never take a chance at topping off.

Welcome to the club.

MM

[dalej]

I have a 75 gal aux. tank so didn't know if it was the culprit. I was thinking of taking it out and putting in a Joey bed clone if it was that cause.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

DJ,

Some of the previous respondents do not have the aux tank so that can't be blamed.

I think it is related to the change Prevost made to allow filling from both sides. I had an aux tank on my 87 coach and it filled only from the co-pilot side. I could run that nozzle full tilt and it would shut off with nary a drop splashed. Then, if fuel was especially cheap I would stand right there and try to cram in every last drop. Again, not a drop spilled.

On my current coach with aux tank and two side fill my first experience was like Mango's. I ended up throwing away some prefectly good shoes and pants.

I no longer fill from the driver side. I never stand within spitting distance of the fill spout, and I never try to top it off no matter how slow I squeeze the handle because for sure it will puke fuel. This fuel filling thing is apparently some Prevost engineer's way of taking a perfectly good filling system and screwing it up so the salesmen can call it an improvement.

[Just Plain Jeff]

Any bus or truck that I have ever filled that has dual fillers has barfed various amounts of liquid gold on the ground, in varying amounts. A guy could make up a whole bunch of reasons why, and some may or may not be true.

Tom, as usual, is dead-non right that the best fix is to use the civilian diesel pump and avoid the dreaded barf all together.

For the drama queens, you can fill both sides at once and try that. Probably would result in two pools of diesel instead of one.

Finding a 'quiet space' at a Flying J is something I have yet to achieve in life.