Best to get at least 3 gal at one time.I have a habit of topping off my tank to keep it full. I realize I’m not getting all premium gas I paid for. The pump holds gas from the last sale in the hose between the pump and the nozzle. I don’t know if it’s a quart or more gas I’m getting before I receive my premium gas. Maybe I’m too anal and should wait until my low fuel light comes on. What do people here do about refueling?
More of an observation than a question.
Grampa Kracker
If you're that anul, pump about $1.00 worth on the ground and then top your bike off. NOTE: Your bike will accept a small amount of reg gas without any problem anyway.I have a habit of topping off my tank to keep it full. I realize I’m not getting all premium gas I paid for. The pump holds gas from the last sale in the hose between the pump and the nozzle. I don’t know if it’s a quart or more gas I’m getting before I receive my premium gas. Maybe I’m too anal and should wait until my low fuel light comes on. What do people here do about refueling?
More of an observation than a question.
Grampa Kracker
Grampa, not all Shell stations have a separate hose for each grade. Don't know why some do and some don't but whenever possible I will buy where each grade has a separate hose--whether it is Shell or some other brand doesn't matter to me.Looks like I need to find a Shell station. I have been buying my gas at Sunoco and BP. One hose for three grades of gas.
Thanks for the input.
Grampa Kracker
Not enough to worry about...I'll bet you a beer...LOL. When I was a wee bit younger, me and some crazy friends performed an unplanned scientific experiment along those lines...We started by running out of gas, very late at night, wayyyyy out in the country and just rolled into a little old station...they were closed of course, so we went to plan b...we found a 1 quart clear glass bottle on the side of the building and went to each of the 4 pumps and drained every single drop of gas from the 4 hoses...
Total recovered hose gas = just less than 1 quart...but enough to get us into town and an open station...
So, from 1 hose, I would think it would be not enough to worry about.
ATTENTION: At NO time during this scientific experiment was there any consumption of alcohol...or something like that...
It's NOT just the hose...the pump and pump lines have that same gas in them also. Works out to be around 4/10 gal according to the research done for the "No E-15" group . :biker:Grampa, not all Shell stations have a separate hose for each grade. Don't know why some do and some don't but whenever possible I will buy where each grade has a separate hose--whether it is Shell or some other brand doesn't matter to me.
Here either. There is one with a green nozzle, always wanted to try that one.There are no pumps with separate hoses left in the town I live in
later, dozer
p.s. but yeah, that's what I used to do
I own a gas station. When I have to replace a hose because some moron drives off without removing the hose, I have noticed that it pumps 2.12 to 2.14 tenths of a gallon before gas leaves the nozzle.
Anyone want to buy a rural gas station? I'm tired of dealing with the morons.
Yep, that's what I'm saying.So you're saying it's 0.214 gallons?
Less than a quarter of a gallon in say a 2 gallon top off. Your octane rating would drop 1 point at most.......