Diesel Fill Up Tips or Tricks?

[jaaX3]

Originally Posted by XXX555

Anyone come up with any diesel fill up tricks to avoid getting the fuel on your hands/steering wheel after touching the pump nozzel handle?

I'd hate to use a plastic glove but leaving the station smelling like diesel everytime might drive me to Michael Jackson it..

Is pumping diesel any different than pumping petrol? I've only had to fill my tank once so far, and there were no issues. Was I lucky?

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by jaaX3

Is pumping diesel any different than pumping petrol? I've only had to fill my tank once so far, and there were no issues. Was I lucky?

Diesel has a stronger odor to most, and being oily, sticks to your hands more than gasoline, and hangs around on stuff more, e.g., if s bit of gasoline gets on the handle of a gasoline nozzle, it mostly evaporates in a minute or two, but if a bit of diesel gets on the nozzle handle, it hangs around for a while like oil would. Take a look at the ground near a diesel pump vs. a gasoline pump to see the difference in what evaporates and what stays.

[FunfDreisig]

Originally Posted by jaaX3

Is pumping diesel any different than pumping petrol? I've only had to fill my tank once so far, and there were no issues. Was I lucky?

Assuming the diesel pump has the correct size nozzle:
not to big -- for big trucks to fill up quickly
not too small - for unleaded gasoline....

The only real issue is that diesel is 'oily'. So it leaves a residue on the pump handle when others are a bit sloppy when filling up. The better stations clean up the pump handles fairly regularly. But some stations just let them get grungy. So it helps to wear a glove to avoid transferring the grunge onto your clothes or steering wheel.

Out here in the country we just wipe our hands off on our pants, or if you're real prissy, on your socks

Funf Dreisg

[Fraser]

Originally Posted by FunfDreisig

Out here in the country we just wipe our hands off on our pants, or if you're real prissy, on your socks Funf Dreisg

Real men in my neck of the woods just wipe their hands through their hair ... cleans your hands and keeps your hair in place. The girls just love the smell...

Seriously though, find a local fuel outlet with clean pumps (and complain to those with dirty pumps) but for insurance when you're out of your area I find those cheap cotton gardening gloves (they about a $1 a pair here) very handy. At that price you can throw them away if they get dirty.

[XXX555]

I can only imagine my malignant scowl I'd force upon the guy who wore a glove when pumping gas only a month ago... Now its me Break all the mirrors...

I have easy access to disposable plastic gloves where I work but it seems so weak. Almost as bad as that poster who complained about getting dirt on the back of his suitpants from the overhang of the sidesteps... Oh that was me too, the shame...

[soldmystang]

don't forget about all the spilled diesel fuel on the concrete that is now on the bottom of your nice loafers.

i so saw this coming.

[Fraser]

Originally Posted by soldmystang

don't forget about all the spilled diesel fuel on the concrete that is now on the bottom of your nice loafers.

i so saw this coming.

Definitely the worst part of diesel ownership but after many years of BMW (and other) diesels I'd never go back to petrol power.

[soldmystang]

Originally Posted by Fraser

Definitely the worst part of diesel ownership but after many years of BMW (and other) diesels I'd never go back to petrol power.

likewise........... in a truck that is.

[cmyX6go]

Originally Posted by XXX555

I can only imagine my malignant scowl I'd force upon the guy who wore a glove when pumping gas only a month ago... Now its me Break all the mirrors...

I have easy access to disposable plastic gloves where I work but it seems so weak. Almost as bad as that poster who complained about getting dirt on the back of his suitpants from the overhang of the sidesteps... Oh that was me too, the shame...

[m5james]

Originally Posted by Fraser

Real men in my neck of the woods just wipe their hands through their hair ... cleans your hands and keeps your hair in place. The girls just love the smell...

This might apply more when I drove an F350 vs someone driving a BMW though. The stuff does suck when I gets all over your hands, and it's even worse when it gets on the bottom of your shoes, since it's definately been spilled all over the ground also. I hope most BMW diesel owners use those rubberized floor mats, or walk carefully around the diesel pumps.