Filling your gas tank? DON'T Top it Off

[Best_man23]

With the price of fuel going up seemingly like every other day, you may be thinking "I need to get as much gas in my car at this price as I can". As a former technician, I'm posting this as a PSA to say, Don't top off the tank.

Once the fuel pump clicks off, you can give it 1-2 more pull and clicks, then pull the fuel nozzle out.

If you continue to try and "get more fuel" you may end up at best dumping fuel on the ground by your car and having to deal with a noticeable gas smell for a few days. At worst, you could be looking at hundreds of dollars in repair costs to replace an evaporative emissions can (AKA charcoal canister).

Here is a video that summarizes this. I can't speak to the "damage to the fuel pump" claim in the video.