[jimmy o]

Originally Posted by PennBF

I have a question regarding filling up a gas tank and hope someone can explain the reason for the problem. I stopped at WaWa on 301/466 to fill up my gas tank. I was using a Gas Card. I placed the hose into the car and proceeded to fill the car up. The card usage continued to show the amount as it rang up the sale. As the card appeared to be reaching "full" it locked up the hose and completely shut down to the point you could not even try to add another once of gas. I drove away thinking I had filled the tank which should have meant I had about 400 miles to go. At about 100 miles which I already had in the tank when I first drove in the indicator on the dash board showed I had 70 miles left and I just made it to another gas station and filled it up again and it is fine now. My first guess is that while I was pumping the gas the gas station tank was empty and pumping air and running up the costs? The car was in the garage before I used it next so no one could have taken gas out! I went back to WaWa a few days later to see if they could shed some light on the reason and they could have cared less. I got a "that's interesting" ! Does anyone have any ideas how something like this can happen? Please no smart a%$ responses?

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When gas cards run low on remaining funds the gas pump slows down to a trickle. The last few dollars take a long time to pump out. So while you are standing there thinking that you’re putting gallons in your tank you’re only putting in ounces. So your car was not filled up, but received a small amount of gas that used up whatever money you had left on card.

[westernrider75]

Curious about the discount on the cards that Publix sells. How much of a discount do you get? Where do you purchase?

[La lamy]

Probably not your case, but it's happened to me that a fill up got stopped before completion. When I went in the shop to ask why, they told me I can't get into my car when pumping gas (it was cold and the pump handle had a lever to keep it going without having to press it down with a hand). They considered that a theft risk. But I had my card already set up to pay at the pump!!!!

[buzzy]

Originally Posted by westernrider75

Curious about the discount on the cards that Publix sells. How much of a discount do you get? Where do you purchase?

A $50 card for $40

[Larchap49]

Originally Posted by DAVES

A non-ethanol choice. Due to laws, you are not supposed to use that in your car.

That is not true. There is no tax relief on non ethanol gas like there is of off road diesel. If caught using diesel meant for construction equipment there is a huge fine. Non ethanol gas does not fall into that category. It is widely used in antique cars and boats etc. Check your facts before making blantly wrong statements.

[bdw08]

Originally Posted by PennBF

I have a question regarding filling up a gas tank and hope someone can explain the reason for the problem. I stopped at WaWa on 301/466 to fill up my gas tank. I was using a Gas Card. I placed the hose into the car and proceeded to fill the car up. The card usage continued to show the amount as it rang up the sale. As the card appeared to be reaching "full" it locked up the hose and completely shut down to the point you could not even try to add another once of gas. I drove away thinking I had filled the tank which should have meant I had about 400 miles to go. At about 100 miles which I already had in the tank when I first drove in the indicator on the dash board showed I had 70 miles left and I just made it to another gas station and filled it up again and it is fine now. My first guess is that while I was pumping the gas the gas station tank was empty and pumping air and running up the costs? The car was in the garage before I used it next so no one could have taken gas out! I went back to WaWa a few days later to see if they could shed some light on the reason and they could have cared less. I got a "that's interesting" ! Does anyone have any ideas how something like this can happen? Please no smart a%$ responses?

If you were using a gas card you probably used up the funds on the card.

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by westernrider75

Curious about the discount on the cards that Publix sells. How much of a discount do you get? Where do you purchase?

Ummmm probably at Publix??

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by La lamy

Probably not your case, but it's happened to me that a fill up got stopped before completion. When I went in the shop to ask why, they told me I can't get into my car when pumping gas (it was cold and the pump handle had a lever to keep it going without having to press it down with a hand). They considered that a theft risk. But I had my card already set up to pay at the pump!!!!

Probably the not too bright workers at some service stations saw you getting into your car and thought you might be a drive off not realizing that you have prepaid with a credit card. They can stop the transaction inside. But I doubt there are too many drive offs because almost all service stations require some type of prepayment before letting you start pumping.

[spip911]

Originally Posted by buzzy

A $50 card for $40

Occasionally Publix has a coupon for a $50 gas card for $40 when you spend $50 in groceries.

[NoMo50]

Originally Posted by DAVES

A non-ethanol choice. Due to laws, you are not supposed to use that in your car.

Definitely not true. There are NO laws that prohibit the use of non-ethanol gasoline in any motor vehicle. While it is not always easy to find, ethanol free gas is preferred in many types of internal combustion engines...for a host of reasons.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by SGR720

Just curious what law are you talking about that says you are not supposed to use non-ethanol gas in your car? I don't use it, just noticed it was a choice along with the other grades of gas offered at different prices.

May I suggest all look it up. It is interesting. As is what we read about the price of crude by the barrel. How many gallons are in a barrel? It comes from the days when oil was shipped in beer barrels. The whole thing is an interest mess. It effects all of us. Like most things that are complex the consumer ends up with the dirty end of the stick. Price of gas. It is no longer posted on the pump. Roughly 1/3 of what we pay for gasoline is TAX.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by westernrider75

Curious about the discount on the cards that Publix sells. How much of a discount do you get? Where do you purchase?

They run it on a regular basis. There is a coupon in their flyer. You need to spend $50 on groceries. We do that anyway. You present the cashier with the coupon cut from the flyer,
they bill you $40 for the card that is good for $50 worth of gasoline. That is 20% off.

Last time we did this, it was Shell or Marathon. Not sure why last time they would no longer sell a card that would work on Shell. Reason is valid, many Shell stations are now circle K and they will not honor the card.

[Albany]

Originally Posted by SGR720

Just curious what law are you talking about that says you are not supposed to use non-ethanol gas in your car? I don't use it, just noticed it was a choice along with the other grades of gas offered at different prices.

Non-ethanol gas is most certainly not against the law, and all small engines much prefer it, think of riding lawn mowers, golf carts too. My car,( a so-called driving machine) is supposed to be filled only with high test, which in general is non-ethanol. Everything runs like a top.

[OhioBuckeye]

I agree with what everyone said but I personally think your car computer had a glitch or there was a problem with the pump. You should of took your car to a mechanic instead of asking one of the part time employees. No way your gas gauge should of said it was full of gas when it wasn’t. I think your gas gauge was wrong or something in your on board computer needs reset or there was a pump glitch!

[Ken D.]

Originally Posted by billethkid

Gas cards measure $ amounts left on the card. Has nothing to do with how much gas is in the tank.

You could be using a gas card to fill extra gas cans....

Pump stops running? Gas card $ used up!

Duh, how could the OP not understand that? It’s quite obvious.