Always Touch Your Car Before Pumping Gas

Uploaded by Linda Martin on September 3 at 4:00 pm

If you spend only a day at the gas station, you can see just about everything. The “get every last drop in the tank” types, the nozzle tuggers, the nozzle ripper-offers! And possibly even a few near explosions! So today, we decided to spread the most common mistakes people make while fueling up!

For example, do you remember that thing about static electricity igniting invisible fuel vapors? Well, get this: when you get out of the car, your clothes sliding against the seat fabric creates some static charge. And when you grab that metallic nozzle, a spark can happen. That tiny spark can light up those gas vapors!

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TIMESTAMPS:
Putting gas in any container 0:24
Being distracted 0:55
Not looking at the pump screen 1:30
Topping off your tank 2:15
Using your card at the pump 2:38
Walking away while pumping 3:13
Not checking your tires 3:51
Not touching your car before pumping gas 4:20
Not washing your hands after a fill-up 5:00
Driving in circles 5:39
Not locking the car 6:10
Buying premium gas 6:40
Not knowing how to handle an emergency 7:20

SUMMARY:
- You can only pump gas into approved portable containers. You also can't fill them up inside your car or its trunk because static electricity can ignite fuel vapors. Always put the container on the ground.
- Don’t assume all pumps are accurate and in perfect working order. Equipment can go bad, and gas station workers might not notice it right away.
- Topping off your fuel tank can affect your car’s performance and could possibly damage the engine because of the built-up pressure.
- There’s this thing called card skimming – which is when an illegal reader is attached to a payment terminal. Anybody can walk up to the pump and put that thing on there!
- If your tires are underinflated, you don’t get as good gas mileage. Then you end up spending more because you have to fill up more often.
- To dispel any electric charge on you, just touch a metal part of your vehicle before you reach for the nozzle.
- Keep some hand sanitizer with you at all times, and use it as soon as you’re done filling up. Don’t wait until you’ve reached your destination because you’ll already have spread those germs all over your car, phone, and your face!
- Look at the dashboard and find the small arrow near the gas gauge. If it’s pointing left, the car’s tank is on the left.
- Even if you’re quick about grabbing your snack or paying for your gas, skilled thieves will already have “slid” into your car, grabbed anything valuable, and fled the scene with time to spare!
- Get premium only if your car requires high-octane gasoline.
- Let's say you place the nozzle inside the tank and suddenly see it’s caught on fire. First, don't remove the nozzle – just back away. Shut off the fuel at the pump using the emergency shut-off switch.

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SUMMARY:
– You can only pump gas into approved portable containers. You also can’t fill them up inside your car or its trunk because static electricity can ignite fuel vapors. Always put the container on the ground.
– Don’t assume all pumps are accurate and in perfect working order. Equipment can go bad, and gas station workers might not notice it right away.
– Topping off your fuel tank can affect your car’s performance and could possibly damage the engine because of the built-up pressure.
– There’s this thing called card skimming – which is when an illegal reader is attached to a payment terminal. Anybody can walk up to the pump and put that thing on there!
– If your tires are underinflated, you don’t get as good gas mileage. Then you end up spending more because you have to fill up more often.
– To dispel any electric charge on you, just touch a metal part of your vehicle before you reach for the nozzle.
– Keep some hand sanitizer with you at all times, and use it as soon as you’re done filling up. Don’t wait until you’ve reached your destination because you’ll already have spread those germs all over your car, phone, and your face!
– Look at the dashboard and find the small arrow near the gas gauge. If it’s pointing left, the car’s tank is on the left.
– Even if you’re quick about grabbing your snack or paying for your gas, skilled thieves will already have “slid” into your car, grabbed anything valuable, and fled the scene with time to spare!
– Get premium only if your car requires high-octane gasoline.
– Let’s say you place the nozzle inside the tank and suddenly see it’s caught on fire. First, don’t remove the nozzle – just back away. Shut off the fuel at the pump using the emergency shut-off switch.

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https://www.eastnews.ru

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Comments

BRIGHT SIDE says:

Hey there! What car would you buy if you had unlimited money? 😉

Mario Spanik says:

🚗🚘🚏🚥⛽

Abhishek Joshi says:

What about motorcycles?

Lucy Irawan says:

What happend if you change the brand of gasolin like usualy you filled with Shell Then what happend if yo filled with Other Brandauer?

LuxuriantCarrot says:

oh yeah my car just teleports me out of it and i never touch it ever, even when opening the nozzle, thanks for the help!

Adriana Robles says:

Driving in circles make me guilty

Rosie Heather says:

I work at a gas station and i find this video very true….especially the last part lol…

tommy ngo says:

A Land Rover

PrestonGans says:

I did no no no's because I am 8

Susan May says:

You watch next time you fill up

Susan May says:

I think all the garages fiddle their pumps as I always look at the pump while filling up and notice the pump registers an amount before I can feel or see the fuel going into my tank. Once I picked up the petrol nozzle instead of diesel so I put it back and went to tell the cashier and he told me I had to pay 30 pence and I said but no fuel came out !!!!!

Matrix Unravelling says:

I didn’t realize that gas expands. I’m guilty of pumping a tiny bit more after the nozzle automatically shuts off. Never again, after this vid.
Also, I sometimes get shocked a lot when I touch things, so I’ll definitely be touching my car before pumping gas!

Techguy404 says:

I'm guilty of #4. I've always done it in older cars and some newer ones. Never really had issues. One thing you forgot was watch for ones that stare at you as you pull up to the pump… those are people most likely going to bug you for money and distract you. Had this happen at one place, they tried to claim they need to get to a place 5 hours away and needed gas. Then claimed the pump wasn't working. I knew that was a lie as the truck stop usually has their pumps working all the time. Their pick up was full of gas already.