Rigged gas pumps

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From just a few months ago, blamed the storm:

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In the city I doubt you need to worry, especially at the big name suppliers.

Out in the sticks, who knows. Back home, in the sticks, there is an Econo gas station that looks like a dump and the proprietor looks a bit sketchy. One time I was there filling with premium (the pump had a ratchet strap around it to, I assume, keep the panels from falling off) and there was a guy at the other pumps on the other end of the island filling with regular. His nozzle shut off when his tank was full, and at that instant my hose jumped. How do you explain THAT?

I notice this a lot, actually, especially Costco where they have tons of pumps. More like the flow increases on mine once the other pump(s) stop. I figure the price per liter is still the same regardless how fast it's pumping, so I never worried about it.

EDIT: Completely missed your point about the regular pump affecting flow of the premium pump. I got nothin'.

 

[Delboy]

I am more curious about what happens when you try and pump premium fuel when the person before you pumped regular. Is everything that's already in the hose regular fuel and not premium

Worried about that myself. I have one engine that just under 13:1 compression so needs high octane. It sounds like a bucket of bolts with regular. I think it will have a bigger effect on a small motorcycle tank.

i still have a local shell that has a premium only hose. That being said I don’t notice much difference if I fill up at a regular pump.

 

[PrivatePilot]

lol naw naw....I just don't want the Ethanol.

Hope you're gassing up at either Canadian Tire or Shell. No other stations are no ethanol for premium anymore.

Costco apparently is sometimes, but no longer guaranteed, hence why you won't find the stickers on the pumps anymore stating "no ethanol" on premium.

I have to run premium in my Vulcan because it's got a rideability tune on it that dials things up just enough that it needs the octane. Every other bike I've ever owned...good old regular gas until the last tank of the season, then Canadian Tire or Shell no ethanol with the stabilizer.