Toyota Camry: 92 Camry. How does a gas station pump determine when the tank isfull ?

"JoeD" <com> wrote in message
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A cockroach with a small but powerful flashlight is sequestered inside a
hidden compartment at the end of the nozzle. When you start to pump, he
shines his light down the filler neck. When the tank is close to full, he
hits the Push to Talk button on his miniature cell phone and tells the
foreigner working the Quickie Mart cash register to stop the gas flow.

Next question please....

Doc

JoeD <com> wrote in message news:<01KQb.23364$news.atl.earthlink.net>... 

Best to go ahead and get it properly repaired. Check the sending unit
in the fuel tank, under the rear seat cushion.
Had a similar experience, and the "odometer method" worked well for a
number of months, until one day, in the "fast lane" having just left a
freeway interchange with fast moving, heavy traffic, the engine
sputtered and stopped running.
Perhaps that answers your first question. Sometimes the auto cut off
on the filling station pumps are inaccurate and vary enough to cause a
real problem at some point.
(I was able to move quickly across four lanes of traffic and coast all
the way down the off ramp to a mechanic, but easily could have not
been so fortunate).
It's been a long time ago now, so I don't remember all the specifics.
I think I tried to leave a minimum 100 to 150 mile reserve in my tank,
and I know my calculations were correct, IIRC there should have been
something like 250 miles left in the tank when the engine ran out of
gas in my case, so you really cannot trust the pump shut off -- and my
gauge read accurately (so I thought) when full -- so that should have
been a verification the tank filled.
Anyway, just plan to have the gauge repaired when you can.

Thanks for that intelligent and helpful reply.

What goes around, comes around.

Doc wrote:
 

I was hoping not to have to spend $150 - to $200 to get this repaired.
Thanks for the suggestion, Daniel.

Joe

Daniel M. Dreifus wrote:
 

 
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Especially to a dull, humorless guy who tools around the wrong side of the
tracks in a 14 year old car...

Doc

"Doc" <com> wrote in message
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http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/water_faucets.html

Interesting. Thanks

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There is a small square-section rod in the filler nozzle. When the gas
starts splashing back, it pushes this rod rearwards, tripping the mechanism
and shutting off the flow.

It's only as accurate as the amount of backsplash your tank (or its filler
neck) tends to give. some cars are so designed that you need to insert the
nozzle only part way in to prevent early shutoff.


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