Got some petrol at 99.9p/l yesterday, and pumps clicking off straight away?

[anewman]

Got some petrol from Asda Wallmart Supercentre Pudsey (Leeds) for 99.9p/l :money: Maybe this means a price drop across the country is about to happen?

Unfortunately I got a pump that kept clicking off as soon as I started filling, and had to use the holding it gently and letting petrol trickle in approach. Also tried altering the position of the gun. Is there likely to be something wrong with my car's filler nozzle or am I just unlucky enough to come across faulty pumps that click off straight away? It has happened to me on 3 or 4 separate pumps at different stations in the past and seriously annoys me.

[Inactive]

Possibly frothing, try pulling the nozzle out a bit, without spilling.

[Keith]

Tesco in the south east dropped from 104.9 to 101.9 last week, so the price has dropped slightly.

However, I've heard that if we all buy fuel at 2pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from only one of those really old petrol stations where the man comes out to the car with a bumbag and fills it up for you, the price of petrol will tumble ;) :)

[Wig]

Hopefully a price drop is happening, oil $$ is on the way down.
BTW what was fuel prices in the last week or 2 in your area anewman?


I think it is the pumps oversensitive, try turning the pump handle/nozzle assemmbly
upside down, it works for me on some cars.

[Stephen Leak]

ASDA, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol: down from 101.9p to 100.9p (99.9p to 98.9p with their credit card).

[BenL]

ooo, I was near there lastnight at the Leeds-Bradford Odeon as well.

The others around the area going back to where I live in Adel were all showing 101.9 though.

[daveyjp]

newman - I'm also local to that Asda and they have just had new pumps installed. If the pumps worked before complain to Asda.

[Paul_Herring]

Unfortunately I got a pump that kept clicking off as soon as I started filling, and had to use the holding it gently and letting petrol trickle in approach. Also tried altering the position of the gun. Is there likely to be something wrong with my car's filler nozzle or am I just unlucky enough to come across faulty pumps that click off straight away? It has happened to me on 3 or 4 separate pumps at different stations in the past and seriously annoys me. It's possible that there's an air/petrol bubble in the overflow pipe (the smaller hole you can see here):

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00199/petpump_199054a.jpg

If you pull the nozzle out, hold it so the open end is facing you and blow down (in the general direction of) the overflow, this sometimes helps (don't actually come into contact with the nozzle!)

[Wig]

ASDA, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol: down from 101.9p to 100.9p (99.9p to 98.9p with their credit card).

So you get 2p off per litre with the asda credit card? I only ask because I noticed that offer when they introduced asda credit cards a few months ago, but now if you look at the instore credit card promotional leaflets it doesn't mention the 2p off per litre anymore. Does this mean it is no longer available to new customers?

[Wig]

It's possible that there's an air/petrol bubble in the overflow pipe (the smaller hole you can see here):

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00199/petpump_199054a.jpg

If you pull the nozzle out, hold it so the open end is facing you and blow down (in the general direction of) the overflow, this sometimes helps (don't actually come into contact with the nozzle!)

Learned something new there, I'd also think then that a fast downwards swing of your arm would help expel any petrol from within the small tube.

[LandyAndy]

Got some petrol from Asda Wallmart Supercentre Pudsey (Leeds) for 99.9p/l :money: Maybe this means a price drop across the country is about to happen?

Unfortunately I got a pump that kept clicking off as soon as I started filling, and had to use the holding it gently and letting petrol trickle in approach. Also tried altering the position of the gun. Is there likely to be something wrong with my car's filler nozzle or am I just unlucky enough to come across faulty pumps that click off straight away? It has happened to me on 3 or 4 separate pumps at different stations in the past and seriously annoys me.

I had this problem when I first got the RX-8. The solution was to push the nozzle firmly up to the filler neck and then squeeze the trigger.

[taxiphil]

Hopefully a price drop is happening, oil $$ is on the way down.

Well, I'm afraid any small drop in oil prices will soon by cancelled out by the 2p a litre rise in duty that comes into force on 1st April, thanks to the unelected Gordon Brown.

Unbelievable really, adding more tax, as if it's not enough already.

[goldspanners]

fuel is still the same here in central scotland,put a £20 in the other night and it was still 102.9.

[anewman]

BTW what was fuel prices in the last week or 2 in your area anewman?

Generally 101.9 at the cheapest.

[steveo3002]

grrr its around £1:05 around here , cambs/essex border

getting silly money now hey

[Wig]

1.06 here, and 1.03 in Cardiff last look

[Stephen Leak]

So you get 2p off per litre with the asda credit card? I only ask because I noticed that offer when they introduced asda credit cards a few months ago, but now if you look at the instore credit card promotional leaflets it doesn't mention the 2p off per litre anymore. Does this mean it is no longer available to new customers?

It still clearly mentions the deal on the ASDA credit card website (http://www.asdafinance.com/credit-card.html).

[Skint_Catt]

My local independant garage was 101.9p when I filled up last week - now down to 99.9p - off there tonight to fill up again!

They have one dodgy nozzle too which clicks off every few secs, but I know to avoid that one now!

Catt xx