Running while re fueling

Is this bad?

 

Ummmm yes. That's why the gas stations have signs telling you to shut your vehicle off.

 

Yup would not do... Have good chance to go BOOOOM... not really boom but could catch fire

 

Unless you have a diesel.

 

I don't do it, but i don't see how it can be bad, we drive in an out of the gas station, through it, start the vehicle at the pump, and there's no issues.

all your doing is putting gas down a tube into a big tank...

 

My ignition switch went out on my bmw and had to refuel a few times while running and no probs

 

the big deal is that static is being created as the fuel flows. this static can build at the nozzle. you arent grounded because of rubber shoes. so you touch the nozzle it sparks and you have a show. as long as you hold onto the nozzle or keep touching the truck your ok.
as far as the fuel system goes, if your cap isn't secure properly it'll give you a check eng light. i'm assuming this would give you a light. but i dont know how long the truck has to be running and the cap loose.

 

Its probably more dangerous to use the cap to keep the fill going and getting back into your car. Thus creating the possibility of generating a static charge. So when you get out and grab the nozzel creating a spark and igniting the fumes around the fill hole.

 

When I lived in MN, I never shut off my car during fueling in winter... *shrug* I am still here...LOL

 

chances of anything happening are slim but why chance it?

 

I do this almost every time i get gas and it does nothing.

 

^^this

 

I do it all the time and never went Boom in my 20 years of driving.

 

fine, if you blow your own ass up..but kinda selfish even risking others..
doesnt matter if it is a real threat or not..

i shut the diesel off too, if it is next to a gas pump.

 

I say its no worse that the ones using the phone and fueling up. What about the people smoking in the same lot as you? I don't do it but couldn't care less if others did it. I understand all the possibilities but fail to see how it is any more dangerious than any of the things I have stated above.

 

Gasoline itself is not explosive (flammable yes), but gasoline vapors are extremely explosive and heavier than air. Outside those vapors stay close to the ground until dispersed by a breeze. So gasoline vapors would have to get high enough to be ignited by a spark somewhere on the truck. Not very likely. I would fuel up with the engine running if I needed to and not worry a bit. I mean has anyone seen a vehicle blow up at a gas station? Having said that, if you sit in the truck while fueling, ground yourself somewhere on the cab before touching the nozzle.

 

skip to about 1:20


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIDfcspoInw

 

that vid looks a bit questionable... thats certainly not what i do when i fill up

my dad keeps his car running when filling up in the winter. every winter. for 38 years.

 

damn, wonder how that happened?!!

I also shut my truck and bike off when refueling. Last thing I need is to spill some gas on the hot engine of my bike and go boom.