# Gas soaked me - was it the car or the pump?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-soaked-me-was-it-the-car-or-the-pump/135655>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** dodge, durango\
**Created:** [March 2, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-soaked-me-was-it-the-car-or-the-pump/135655 "2019-03-02T23:08:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DarinSayers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@DarinSayers](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DarinSayers)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-soaked-me-was-it-the-car-or-the-pump/135655/1 "2019-03-02T23:08:22Z")

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Filled up a 2005 dodge Durango - that we just bought that same day - when tank got full gas kept flowing soaking me - the dealer said it was a problem with the stations pump - nothing mechanical - not sure if that is true

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-soaked-me-was-it-the-car-or-the-pump/135655/2 "2019-03-02T23:12:41Z")

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> [@DarinSayers](#):
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> the dealer said it was a problem with the stations pump

The vehicle does not stop the pump. The pump handle is supposed to shut off so the dealer is correct.

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**Author:** ![shawn\_kearney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@shawn\_kearney](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shawn_kearney)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-soaked-me-was-it-the-car-or-the-pump/135655/3 "2019-03-03T15:34:17Z")

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No. I can confirm that our 2004 Durango has started doing this as well, and it does not matter which station we use. It will routinely over-fill. Around the same time this started, the fuel tank also will read only up to 3/4 full tank sometimes.

Conversely, my Infiniti has the opposite problem, and will go through spells of routinely under-filling. So the issue isn’t always going to be with the pump.

Your mechanic wasn’t entirely wrong, however. This is obviously not a mechanical issue, but rather I’d imagine something pneumatic, either a bubble or vacuum forming in the gas tank, however I don’t know how the gas pumps work exactly to say for sure.

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-soaked-me-was-it-the-car-or-the-pump/135655/4 "2019-03-03T19:07:40Z")

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The pump nozzle shutoff device failed.