Can anyone explain this wierd behavior??? (Unable to fill tank)

2006 GT Convertible...

I take a long trip and I drive 310 miles...

I stop at a gas station and the car will not accept more than 5 gallons of
gas... (Auto shutoff keeps kicking the pump off after 5 gallons..) After
trying to put more fuel in the tank several times, I give up.. The gauge
only reads between 1/4 and 1/2 full...

24/36 hours later, I stop at a different pump and am able to put 7 gallons
in the tank before the auto-shutoff keeps kicking the pump off and I am
unable to put more fuel in the tank..and there is gas splashing back..
(like when the tank is actually full and you try to top it off..) The
gauge reads 3/4 full at that point...

Confused, and at a loss to explain it...

P.S. I have been 'drug-free' since the early 80's.. and haven't suffered
any acid flashbacks recently... :-)

tony wrote:
> 2006 GT Convertible...
>
> I take a long trip and I drive 310 miles...
>
> I stop at a gas station and the car will not accept more than 5 gallons of
> gas... (Auto shutoff keeps kicking the pump off after 5 gallons..) After
> trying to put more fuel in the tank several times, I give up.. The gauge
> only reads between 1/4 and 1/2 full...
>
> 24/36 hours later, I stop at a different pump and am able to put 7 gallons
> in the tank before the auto-shutoff keeps kicking the pump off and I am
> unable to put more fuel in the tank..and there is gas splashing back..
> (like when the tank is actually full and you try to top it off..) The
> gauge reads 3/4 full at that point...
>
> Confused, and at a loss to explain it...
>
> P.S. I have been 'drug-free' since the early 80's.. and haven't suffered
> any acid flashbacks recently... :-)

Known issue... although I'm surprised it's showing up on an 06...
thought it was fixed before the 06's were out... anyways... there is a
TSB out for slow fills like you describe. Don't remember the number of
it off hand. Dealership should be able to pull it up for you and fix
your problem... In the mean time you can try rotating the nozzle 180
degrees... sometimes I found rotating it 90 degrees worked too...

John S. wrote:

>
> tony wrote:
>> 2006 GT Convertible...
>>
>> I take a long trip and I drive 310 miles...
>>
>> I stop at a gas station and the car will not accept more than 5 gallons
>> of gas... (Auto shutoff keeps kicking the pump off after 5 gallons..)
>> After trying to put more fuel in the tank several times, I give up.. The
>> gauge only reads between 1/4 and 1/2 full...
>>
>> 24/36 hours later, I stop at a different pump and am able to put 7
>> gallons in the tank before the auto-shutoff keeps kicking the pump off
>> and I am unable to put more fuel in the tank..and there is gas splashing
>> back..
>> (like when the tank is actually full and you try to top it off..) The
>> gauge reads 3/4 full at that point...
>>
>> Confused, and at a loss to explain it...
>>
>> P.S. I have been 'drug-free' since the early 80's.. and haven't suffered
>> any acid flashbacks recently... :-)
>
> Known issue... although I'm surprised it's showing up on an 06...
> thought it was fixed before the 06's were out... anyways... there is a
> TSB out for slow fills like you describe. Don't remember the number of
> it off hand. Dealership should be able to pull it up for you and fix
> your problem... In the mean time you can try rotating the nozzle 180
> degrees... sometimes I found rotating it 90 degrees worked too...

John:

Thanks...

John S. wrote:

>
> tony wrote:
>> 2006 GT Convertible...
>>
>> I take a long trip and I drive 310 miles...
>>
>> I stop at a gas station and the car will not accept more than 5 gallons
>> of gas... (Auto shutoff keeps kicking the pump off after 5 gallons..)
>> After trying to put more fuel in the tank several times, I give up.. The
>> gauge only reads between 1/4 and 1/2 full...

--snipped for brevity...

Found the TSB 06-3-13

Basically, I am out of luck.. The TSB recomends replacement of the fuel
tank with a re-designed one on cars built before 4-26-2005 and will cover
under warranty.. Cars built after or all 2006s already have the 'new' tank
and will not be covered. The recommendation is basically use a different
gas station..

tony wrote:
> John S. wrote:
>
> >
> > tony wrote:
> >> 2006 GT Convertible...
> >>
> >> I take a long trip and I drive 310 miles...
> >>
> >> I stop at a gas station and the car will not accept more than 5 gallons
> >> of gas... (Auto shutoff keeps kicking the pump off after 5 gallons..)
> >> After trying to put more fuel in the tank several times, I give up.. The
> >> gauge only reads between 1/4 and 1/2 full...
>
> --snipped for brevity...
>
> Found the TSB 06-3-13
>
> Basically, I am out of luck.. The TSB recomends replacement of the fuel
> tank with a re-designed one on cars built before 4-26-2005 and will cover
> under warranty.. Cars built after or all 2006s already have the 'new' tank
> and will not be covered. The recommendation is basically use a different
> gas station..

hmmm... that sucks.... I did find some gas stations were worse than
others... if you really can't get your dealership to try another tank,
try the rotating trick... not the answer you were looking for but at
least it won't take you an hour to fill up your car...

different stations have different pump pressures. a higher pressure
will kick the auto shutoff. try refuelling on the lowest detent on the
handle, and if it still kicks off, pull the nozzle out toward the flap
some. i have had better luck with the nozzle out some rather than in
all the way.

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:26:20 -0400, tony > wrote:

>2006 GT Convertible...
>
>I take a long trip and I drive 310 miles...
>
>I stop at a gas station and the car will not accept more than 5 gallons of
>gas... (Auto shutoff keeps kicking the pump off after 5 gallons..) After
>trying to put more fuel in the tank several times, I give up.. The gauge
>only reads between 1/4 and 1/2 full...
>
>24/36 hours later, I stop at a different pump and am able to put 7 gallons
>in the tank before the auto-shutoff keeps kicking the pump off and I am
>unable to put more fuel in the tank..and there is gas splashing back..
>(like when the tank is actually full and you try to top it off..) The
>gauge reads 3/4 full at that point...
>
>Confused, and at a loss to explain it...
>
>P.S. I have been 'drug-free' since the early 80's.. and haven't suffered
>any acid flashbacks recently... :-)
>

John S. wrote:

>
> tony wrote:
>> John S. wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > tony wrote:
>> >> 2006 GT Convertible...
>> >>
>> >> I take a long trip and I drive 310 miles...
>> >>
>> >> I stop at a gas station and the car will not accept more than 5
>> >> gallons of gas... (Auto shutoff keeps kicking the pump off after 5
>> >> gallons..) After trying to put more fuel in the tank several times, I
>> >> give up.. The gauge only reads between 1/4 and 1/2 full...
>>
>> --snipped for brevity...
>>
>> Found the TSB 06-3-13
>>
>> Basically, I am out of luck.. The TSB recomends replacement of the fuel
>> tank with a re-designed one on cars built before 4-26-2005 and will cover
>> under warranty.. Cars built after or all 2006s already have the 'new'
>> tank
>> and will not be covered. The recommendation is basically use a different
>> gas station..
>
> hmmm... that sucks.... I did find some gas stations were worse than
> others... if you really can't get your dealership to try another tank,
> try the rotating trick... not the answer you were looking for but at
> least it won't take you an hour to fill up your car...


I long for the days of leaded gas that you use to siphon by mouth.. and gas
tanks that were simply a container in your vehicle to hold the fuel with a
stamped metal cap hidden behind your license plate... No vent, no vapor
recovery... You could look straight into the tank and see the fuel sloshing
around... We all happily filled the tanks at $.30 /gallon and breathed in
those wonderful lead laden vapors as we had our Marlboros hanging from our
our mouths and a beer waiting for us in the car..

As we fueled, we left the huge v-8s running spewing all kinds of
non-emission controlled pollutants in our faces.. We were happy to get 10
miles per gallon....

Seatbelts were simply a strap to hold the body in the car so the ambulance
drivers didn't have to look too long for the bodies.. and there was a ton
of hard metal objects mounted everywhere on the interior and exterior of
the vehicle waiting to impale you upon the slightest impact...

The good old days..

:-)

Tony, if you're in a state where they have those collars on the pump nozzle,
pull it back so that it doesn't make a seal against the filler neck and
pressure cannot build up underneath it, It should solve your problem.

Kate


"tony" > wrote in message
...
> John S. wrote:
>
>>
>> tony wrote:
>>> 2006 GT Convertible...
>>>
>>> I take a long trip and I drive 310 miles...
>>>
>>> I stop at a gas station and the car will not accept more than 5 gallons
>>> of gas... (Auto shutoff keeps kicking the pump off after 5 gallons..)
>>> After trying to put more fuel in the tank several times, I give up.. The
>>> gauge only reads between 1/4 and 1/2 full...
>
> --snipped for brevity...
>
> Found the TSB 06-3-13
>
> Basically, I am out of luck.. The TSB recomends replacement of the fuel
> tank with a re-designed one on cars built before 4-26-2005 and will cover
> under warranty.. Cars built after or all 2006s already have the 'new' tank
> and will not be covered. The recommendation is basically use a different
> gas station..
>
>
>