JohnFinx
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So I stopped at RaceTrac to get gas the other day, and upon filling the tank, the fuel hose sprung a pinhole leak (the pump, not my Jeep). It started spraying everything with gas. I had just been talking Jeep stuff with the guy on the other side of the pump, and he saw what happened and ran to get someone. My pleas to just go hit the emergency cutoff button (which was far from where I was) were ignored. I couldn't put the nozzle back on the pump cradle, because the way it was spraying out, it would have soaked me and gone directly into my open drivers window. So I set the pump handle on the ground so the spray and resulting puddle would be somewhat contained by the pump and concrete. I had already turned off the pump, and hit the "cancel" and "call attendant" buttons, but they didn't seem to do anything. Gas continued to spray out from the pressure still in the line, and I expected someone to be out ANY SECOND NOW......
ANY SECOND NOW......
Anytime would be good......there's a lot of gas here....don't want to leave this unattended.....hello?.....anyone here?........
AAAAANNNYY MINUTE NOW.....
So this fat girl FINALLY waddles out of the store, with zero urgency, and comes over to the pump, mutters something and picks up the still spraying hose and proceeds to spray it ALL OVER MY JEEP.
I yell "Stop It! Stop spraying my truck with gas!"
She said "Don't worry, I'll clean it up." and CONTINUES TO SPRAY all up an down the side of my Jeep, me, herself, the pump, the ground, etc.
I again exclaimed urgently: "STOP SPRAYING IT ON MY TRUCK!"
Finally, she puts a bag she had brought with her around the hose (should have done that first, genius...) to slow the flow, and starts fiddling around with the pump, making no effort to "clean it up".
So I ask (admittedly, angrily), "Do you have a water hose so I can go wash this off?"
Her response: "Yes, but I'm not telling you where it is, because you were rude to me."
Really? At least I didn't spray your vehicle with gasoline. I consider that a bit worse of an offense.
I asked her to move so I could get to the washer squeegee, and she refused.
So I pushed my way around her to get to the washer squeegee and washed off the fuel. I HOPE this won't do any permanent damage.
Both doors, the back fender, tonneau, and (luckily) just a bit in the interior took the hit. I'm lucky there were no sparks when I started it, or I would be cinders right now (I did use a lot of washer water).
So, I guess I'll let you guys know the final result of "GAS ON PAINT TEST# 1" in a few days....
If it ever happens again, I'm driving off and calling them on the phone!
Things that DID work in my favor: I was wearing gloves, which stopped it from getting on my skin, but I had to throw out a good pair of gloves... And I had JUST waxed it about two weeks prior with some good wax.
So far....knock on wood...everything looks ok. Anybody else have any gas on paint issues?
ANY SECOND NOW......
Anytime would be good......there's a lot of gas here....don't want to leave this unattended.....hello?.....anyone here?........
AAAAANNNYY MINUTE NOW.....
So this fat girl FINALLY waddles out of the store, with zero urgency, and comes over to the pump, mutters something and picks up the still spraying hose and proceeds to spray it ALL OVER MY JEEP.
I yell "Stop It! Stop spraying my truck with gas!"
She said "Don't worry, I'll clean it up." and CONTINUES TO SPRAY all up an down the side of my Jeep, me, herself, the pump, the ground, etc.
I again exclaimed urgently: "STOP SPRAYING IT ON MY TRUCK!"
Finally, she puts a bag she had brought with her around the hose (should have done that first, genius...) to slow the flow, and starts fiddling around with the pump, making no effort to "clean it up".
So I ask (admittedly, angrily), "Do you have a water hose so I can go wash this off?"
Her response: "Yes, but I'm not telling you where it is, because you were rude to me."
Really? At least I didn't spray your vehicle with gasoline. I consider that a bit worse of an offense.
I asked her to move so I could get to the washer squeegee, and she refused.
So I pushed my way around her to get to the washer squeegee and washed off the fuel. I HOPE this won't do any permanent damage.
Both doors, the back fender, tonneau, and (luckily) just a bit in the interior took the hit. I'm lucky there were no sparks when I started it, or I would be cinders right now (I did use a lot of washer water).
So, I guess I'll let you guys know the final result of "GAS ON PAINT TEST# 1" in a few days....
If it ever happens again, I'm driving off and calling them on the phone!
Things that DID work in my favor: I was wearing gloves, which stopped it from getting on my skin, but I had to throw out a good pair of gloves... And I had JUST waxed it about two weeks prior with some good wax.
So far....knock on wood...everything looks ok. Anybody else have any gas on paint issues?
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