Diesel Fill Up Tips or Tricks?

[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.

[Fraser]

Originally Posted by soldmystang

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

In anything. Even working on converting my push bike to diesel power.

[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.

[Fraser]

Originally Posted by m5james

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.

The positive side of all this is that you aren't in the filling station every other day. My '05 3.0d gets 1000km+ between fills. The other thing that's happening here is that the cleanliness of diesel pumps and their surrounds is improving as more and more passenger vehicles go diesel. Ten years ago here just 2 or 3 percent of new cars sold were diesel, now it's just over 10%. Interesting, 30% of all new BMWs sold here are now diesel while 80% of X5s are diesels. For BMW, that's coming off a zero-diesels base from six or seven years ago.