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Subject:Re: Don't top off gas tanks
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:16:29 -0700

The local pump jockeys know they are not to top off tanks, but many do
anyway. I expect that's because so many people request it and it's just
easier to go along with it than fight back.

I have a label next to the fuel filler on the van:

NO TOPOFF

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 08/13/2014 01:00 PM, Vern in Bend wrote:
>  From Oregon DEQ (Dept of Environmental Quality) website:
>
> "Oregon law now prohibits topping off vehicle fuel tanks during refueling.
> Topping off causes gasoline drips and spills that release harmful
> pollution,
> wastes fuel, and causes vapor recovery equipment in vehicles and at gas
> pumps to malfunction."
>
> I suspect many states have similar laws, of course in Oregon fuel is
> despensed by highly-trained, expert fueling technicians.
>
> Regards,  Vern