infidel

For people who like to fill up to the brim foamless suggest you install an aquarium pump in the fuel tank to make up for lack of air in the fuel.
Since I don't like waiting around for no foam I just fill up till the 2nd click and call it good enough, it's not like the stations with diesel are 400 miles apart.
The big truck nozzles don't foam as bad.

catmandoo

i tried it today and they have a goofy pump ,you pull the lever and it takes about a second before it starts to pump.and it didn't work,they also must have it setup for fast fills cuz man does that fuel come out fast,might try the big rig pump tomorrow.

Fordzilla

By filling to the brim, I get another five to six gallons after the first shut-off...Ben

Fueling around

I've noticed the big nozzles don't foam as much either. Also ... irritates the Ford & Chey guys that have to use the regular nozzle.

Now way I am putting my ugloved hand outside and into a stream of fuel to test this method. Called contact frostbite this time of year even with underground storage tanks.
I got rid of most of the foam issue by .... uh ... cleaning ... the green roll over ball in the fill neck.

Moose10

I wasn't aware of this piece in the fill neck....what does it do?
Do most of you guys fill to the (near) top of the filler neck?....no harm done?

Shovelhead

Your finger doesn't actually go into the stream of fuel.

Next time you're at the pump, look at the bottom side of the nozzle.
About 1/2" from the end will be a small hole {sensing port}, that's what you cover with your finger.

infidel

It's called a roll over ball, it's there to keep the fuel from spilling out if your truck is upside down. Easy to pop out by removing the fill hose, result is faster fill up especially at the big truck fuel pumps.

induchman

In the summertime, I fill all the way up the pipe, which gives me an additional gallon or so. Not in the winter. I'd rather have it in the tank and not up the pipe which isn't as insulated.

bluebull

I haven't read all the posts to this thread so maybe this has already been covered.

Beware on the 98.5 and 99 models that the fuel float can get stuck in the full position, also causing sending unit failures. I don't know if other year trucks are involved or not.

Fueling around

With a big nozzle at the truck stop I can fill in 2 minutes flat. I really dislike standing next to the truck any longer than necessary on a cold winter day.

I keep the ball nice and clean ..... and safely in my toolbox.

infidel

You must be using the first notch on the nozzle, when I use the big truck pumps it takes more like 45 seconds to pump 30 gallons, very little to no foam. Can't do that with the ball in there.

Fueling around

Well Bill;
I guess both of us have no *****?!
2 minutes is total elapsed time from stopping, using intercom to get the pump turned on and fueling.
First time I fueled after removing the ball, my wife even noticed the decreased time.

-John

boiler-rat

Do any of you remember the little black plastic adapter they sold in auto parts years ago? It was when they first started selling unleaded gas. You slipped it over the larger leaded nozzle so you could pump the cheaper leaded gas in the unleaded vehicle. Probably wasn't the smartest thing to do but I was a broke most of the time teenager back then. Anyway, I still have one of those somewhere. Gonna try it on the diesel nozzle if I can find it.

ArcticWolf

I've had that problem several times - especially when I used the pumps for the big rig's - and when I'd shake the truck a bit to get the "extra" air out that was trapped (only do this for long distance trips - it sux to have 4:10's sometimes! ). Normally if I 'intentionally' hit a hard bump or the next fill up will set it moving again. When this first started happening, I had to learn how far I could go before I got my usual fillup...

neveragain

Sorry didn't read them all so this maybe usless. When filling the last amount put the handle next to the truck so that the fuel is flowing out up hill out of the nozzle . And of coarse you have to shake the truck many times to berp the baby.