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Do they sell any devices?
10-09-2007, 11:09
Post: #27
Do they sell any devices?
It's been a frustration to me, as well. I get serious splash back
from some pumps -- I can't even put 10 gallons in without it
splashing back at me (when I should be able to put in 150 gallons).
Other times, all goes well.

I've found that the fill up often works best when I pump at a
moderate rate (no more than the 2nd notch of 3) and hold the
dispenser nozzle up so the fuel runs down the bottom of the fill
tube. One near-impossible to guess factor is that sometimes the fuel
foams more than other times. I can only guess that it's differences
in the dispensers as temperature, weather, time of day, etc. don't
seem to give any indication that a fuel up will result in a shower or
not. (I've learned to wear rubber gloves and stand to one side of the
filler tube.)

The fuel gauge is also sufficiently imprecise that I really can only
guess at what a "fill up" might be. When I filled a couple of days
ago, I guessed about 150 gal... but it took 180.

The serious caution about filling with both caps off is that the
dispenser nozzles cut off based on a back pressure sensor triggered
by fuel bubbling up in the fill-tube. No back pressure, no cut off.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Hurricane UT



On Oct 9, 2007, at 9:52 AM, Ron Thompson wrote:

> Thanks Pete, I can always count on you to have a definitive and
> well understood answer.
>
> You are right about close monitoring of the fuel level and the
> proper cutoff of the pump. Actually you need ot have someone on
> the other side monitoring the other inlet if possible. So far
> since I started opening both inlets I have had no splash back.
>
> Ron Thompson
> 1995 WLWB 42'
>
>
> Pete Masterson
> wrote: One 300 gallon tank, two
> inlets. That way you don't have to turn the
> coach around. Opening both inlets will allow air to escape, but you
> have to watch out that the pump actually turns off when you're full
> or you'll just pump through from one side to the other....
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> aeonix1@...
> On the road at Hurricane UT (Zion NP)
>
> On Oct 7, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Ron Thompson wrote:
>
>> Hey, I have a question here about the fuel tanks. I have a 1995 WL
>> Wide body with 300 gallon capacity. The first time I fueled up, I
>> got a backup bath. The next time I filled up, since there are Fuel
>> Inlets on both sides I opened them both up and never got a back
>> up. Was that coincidence or are those two inlets going into the
>> same 300 gallon tank.



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Do they sell any devices? - Jon - 10-07-2007, 04:05
Do they sell any devices? - Ron Thompson - 10-07-2007, 06:04
Do they sell any devices? - Rob Robinson - 10-07-2007, 07:43
Do they sell any devices? - Ron Thompson - 10-07-2007, 07:52
Do they sell any devices? - Rob Robinson - 10-07-2007, 07:58
Do they sell any devices? - Ron Thompson - 10-07-2007, 08:08
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Do they sell any devices? - Jon - 10-07-2007, 10:22
Do they sell any devices? - bloomas - 10-07-2007, 10:26
Do they sell any devices? - Rob Robinson - 10-07-2007, 10:35
Do they sell any devices? - Bob Lawrence - 10-07-2007, 12:57
Do they sell any devices? - Tom McCarthy - 10-07-2007, 13:17
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Do they sell any devices? - Ron Thompson - 10-08-2007, 01:07
Do they sell any devices? - mbulriss - 10-08-2007, 04:38
Do they sell any devices? - Ron Thompson - 10-08-2007, 08:59
Do they sell any devices? - Pete Masterson - 10-08-2007, 13:32
Do they sell any devices? - Pete Masterson - 10-08-2007, 13:53
Do they sell any devices? - Pete Masterson - 10-08-2007, 14:02
Do they sell any devices? - Ryan Wright - 10-08-2007, 15:52
Do they sell any devices? - bloomas - 10-09-2007, 00:58
Do they sell any devices? - Pete Masterson - 10-09-2007, 02:09
Do they sell any devices? - Ron Thompson - 10-09-2007, 03:52
Do they sell any devices? - Don Bradner - 10-09-2007, 04:24
Do they sell any devices? - Ron Thompson - 10-09-2007, 04:29
Do they sell any devices? - Pete Masterson - 10-09-2007 11:09
Do they sell any devices? - chet geist - 10-09-2007, 13:53
Do they sell any devices? - randymerri@... - 10-09-2007, 20:09
Do they sell any devices? - Don Bradner - 10-09-2007, 22:12
Do they sell any devices? - Ron Thompson - 10-10-2007, 02:17
Do they sell any devices? - g_man1146 - 10-10-2007, 02:27



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