Prevention of tank overfilling

I got a 50cc moped, the fuel gauge is basically a light which comes on
when there is only enough fuel for 100 miles, in the manual it says fill
it with 3 liters when the fuel light comes on.

However I was in conversation with an ex car mechanic the other day and
he reckons its nigh on impossible to overfill due to the fuel nozzle of
fuel tanks stopping delivery of fuel when it comes into contact with
petrol already in the tank.

Is this right, and I should just drop in the nozzle and fill until it stops.

 

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Nige,

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BMW K1200S
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Aprilia RSV Mille

 

You could try paying attention to the task in hand and making use of
the Mk1 Human Eyeball.

 

nope, you have to hold the nozzle about 6 foot from the tank's filler hole,
and aim it in, that way you can totally fill it,
when the puddle of petrol under the bike is about 6 feet wide, it's full,
you can then have a nice cigarette as a reward.

 

Well he's right as far as cars go. The problem is that the fuel
cut-off only works if the fuel nozzle is horizontal, or nearly so, and
in a confined space such as the neck of a car's fuel tank. It's all a
matter of pressure, see. On a bike the nozzle will be nearly vertical
and in a much larger hole and so won't cut off automatically. You'll
just need to be careful and try and judge it by eye.

 

Yes.

And don't just ignore the pool of liquid that forms under the stand -
this should be carefully burnt off by applying a lighted match to it.

 

Bollocks. The cutoff works fine on a bike or a gallon petrol can.

Nick's problem, living on a small island, is that the fuel will go off
before he has a chance to use a whole tankful.

 

To be fair, I think his problems run far deeper than that.

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On the RSV I call that "a full tank".

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Scooters quite often have a filler nozzle like a car where you can't see the level as opposed to a bike tank where you can.
If it's like that then just shove it in and run it till it clicks off.

 

Fill it completely to the brim, then use a match to light any
spillage, which will, erm, evaporate it..

 

Oh poo, didn't see this, looks like I just ginged myself.

 

<looks at watch>

Is that it?

 

Ah but when it doesn't a nutsack drenched in unleaded can be very
uncomfortable.

 

Pushed it to the garage today as I haven't done my CBT yet, the garage
is about 2000km away which was a bit of an effort, filled her up, cost £
2.53 to top it up, can see the petrol in the tank now. Cost 0.90 a liter
and the tank can hold 7.5 liters, I didn't actually fill it up the
garage attendant did and he let me off 3p.

 

I'll say.

 

Are you allowed to push a motorcycle in Jersey if you haven't passed your
CBT yet?