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A Fuel Anomoly
I stopped for fuel at Pilot in Jamestown, New Mexico Tuesday and experienced what I hope was an anomoly. The fuel lanes farthest from the building go down hill a little and the lane I was parked in was leaning from the driver to passenger side quite a bit. I thought while fueling that I would probably get more fuel in than usual because it was leaning away from the fuel fill on the driver’s side.
It kicked off, I replaced the nozzle and walked around to the passenger side. That is when I noticed diesel dripping on the ground..
I opened the passenger side fuel door above the drip and found the cap was dripping.
I have only filled from the passenger side maybe twice so I never open that door. The drip was coming from the cap, filling the little area there and draining on the ground below. The cap was tight but I was able to tighten it a touch and it quit leaking..
I suppose the bus was leaning so much that the filler neck on the low side was completely full. No leak at all later.
Davy
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When I want to really fill my tank I will lean the coach. But I also know the risk. Fuel expands when it warms and it warms because there is a steady flow of return fuel from the engine. So when I am filling to excess I make sure I am going to drive a long distance right away, not sit at high idle while I eat lunch with the OTR on. Our tanks are set up so we cannot fill more than 90% or so under normal conditions.
Also when confronted with an excessively large slope I use the level low to get the chassis near level. Fortunately there are not many extreme slope fuel islands.
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