Gas Splashing?
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Panama City, FL
If I may suggest...NEVER WIPE up gas spills. Gently BLOT so as not to cause minute scratches around the filler area.
There is a fine line on most nozzles where you can slow the flow down to...just be patient.
Hope that helps.
There is a fine line on most nozzles where you can slow the flow down to...just be patient.
Hope that helps.
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: Southern California
I will use my leg to continually nudge the bike back and forth while filling up, helps settle down the gas bubbles that prematurley set the nozzle to shut off and cause over flow or slpash. Also slow down when tank gets close to full.. Works for me just be careful not to nudge your bike so hard that it falls over Lol.. 
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From: PA
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Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Minnesota
I start by putting the nozzle 1/3rd of the way into the tank and being fueling to test that the pump's automatic kickoff is working. If the auto kickoff isn't working then I'll have plenty of time to notice that I need to be careful instead of having gas belching out the filler hole of an overfilled tank. After the pump kicks off, I back out the nozzle so that it's just below the plate at the bottom of the filler hole. I top off the tank very slowly and stop when I see gas beginning to get to the plate at the bottom of the filler hole.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Sussex, South of England
You should be able to purchase a foam dougnut at most car part stores. Slide around the nozzle before filling up and problem solved. Used this method on my Dyna Conv. many years ago.
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From: Badlands of ND
I have had an occaisional issue with this. I just let it evaporate and wash the bike later. Still if this is happening regularly there is an issue with your bike, you, or the pump. Have you tried this at different gas stations and see if you have the same issue? Have you tried filling the bike from both sides (maybe the angle that you have it in the tank). Lastly have someone else fill it up for you, wife or riding buddy, and see if they have the same issue.
Road Master
Joined: May 2010
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From: Alabama
This is odd, I have never had a problem with my bike.
I have always filled up at a slower rate. I never fill the tank at a full flow from the nozzle. As the tank fills I slow the rate of flow and I have never had a splash problem.
Don't know, but maybe the OP is trying to fill the tank too fast.
I have always filled up at a slower rate. I never fill the tank at a full flow from the nozzle. As the tank fills I slow the rate of flow and I have never had a splash problem.
Don't know, but maybe the OP is trying to fill the tank too fast.
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Road Master
Joined: Feb 2012
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From: pittsburgh, pa
HUH? Rags & paper towels around the nozzle?? I'm completely confused as to why any of this would be necessary. I insert the nozzle INTO the tank and pump at about half speed. Once it gets near the top where I can see it, I then slow down the flow until it's full. NEVER had any problems with splash.
If you need rags & paper towels to fill up, then you're doing something wrong.
If you need rags & paper towels to fill up, then you're doing something wrong.
But the design on my '12 RGU is different, and even when slowing the fill rate way down, drops splash up and out onto the paint if you don't use a paper towel or a rag. The new design doesn't make sense when the old one worked so much better.
The OP isn't necessarily doing anything wrong. I routinely use a paper towel when fueling my '12.
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: MKE, WI
Just went on a LONG trip and l came across a pump which was 100% on or off. No option to slow the flow of gas. Needless to say I sure made a mess. When I fill up locally I have found pumps that I can control the flow which sure does help but I do still get some splash from time to time. As a fellow rider friend of mine asked me one time, is there and easier way to fill these things, my answer way, NO!.
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