Fueling ?

[Jengle]

Dad was driving my truck and somebody told him that a trucker said to keep the engine running while fueling. He said you shouldn't shut it down, while pumping the fuel. She didn't say why, he said that. You guys ever hear of anything like this?

 

[Tony T.]

Fueling

Probally if I just started it up after it's been setting all night, and not up to temperature. My house is exactly 1 mile from where I fuel up, so if I needed fuel I would leave it running then. Otherwise I normally pull up to the pump, and idle a little bit, then shut it down. That's the first I heard of leaving it running each time.

 

[CAKUZ]

SHUT IT OFF

You should always shut the engine off before fueling on both gas and diesel vehicles for safety reasons, prevent possible fires, etc.

Most fuel stops and I think that laws in all states require that the engine be shut off B-4 fueling.



In 30 years as a long distance truck driver, I never heard of any driver saying to keep engine running while fueling. Sounds like BS. , (and some drivers I know do a lot of it)

 

[JSchutz]

It might refer to letting the turbo cool down. I usually fill at a Love's truck stop on the interstate and I can be stopped at the fuel pump within 20 seconds after running 70 mph. I suppose I should let the truck idle a few minutes and then shut down and begin fueling rather than relying on the lower volatility of diesel, but I don't. For whatever reason many of the big rigs idle while filling also. Jeff (just call me flash-BOOM)

 

[WKener]

I don't always leave it running when I fill up, but just as Jeff said, most of the time I pull off the highway and right to the pump. By the time the egts are down enough to shut it off, I only have 10 or so gallons left to go, so I don't even bother. Just make sure to ground yourself before filling up

 

[Blakers]

I generally always leave mine running, mainly for what WKener says. By the time it's ready to shut down, I'm almost done fueling. Not worried about explosions with a diesel unless some idiot spilled 50 gallons of gasoline on the ground and it went under my truck's intake