Filling the gas tank
I have a class C MH on a 2007 Ford E450 chassis and have trouble filling the gas tank completely. Sometimes it fills right up, sometimes it stops 7 or 8 gal. short and refuses my efforts to add more. ...
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Our 2005 E450 Itasca Class C has done that for the 10 years that we've owned it. The automatic nozzle shutoffs at gas station pumps stop with the tank at least 5 gallons short of full.
However, I've learned a way around it. I "trickle fill" 5 more gallons into the tank after the nozzle tries to shut off the flow - by carefully feathering the nozzle trigger to get 5 more gallons to dribble into the tank. It probably takes another 6-7 minutes of standing there to do this, but I wind up with a full tank. This takes patience ... and only 70 to 80 percent of the nozzles allow you to do this. Some nozzle shut-offs are so sensitive that you can't dribble any more gas through them after they want to shut off.
It's worth it to me because I hate stopping for gas and I like a full tank before heading off-pavement so that we as much as possible have plenty of fuel for long generator runs, if needed, for battery charging or running of the A/C in hot weather. I've even had attendants come out and ask me if the pump is working OK ... probably because of my sometimes long fill times.
Since our Class C is only 24 feet long our fill nozzle is very close to the stock rear tank location so I'm not sure how much, if any, Winnebago had to extend the fill pipe location.
However, I've learned a way around it. I "trickle fill" 5 more gallons into the tank after the nozzle tries to shut off the flow - by carefully feathering the nozzle trigger to get 5 more gallons to dribble into the tank. It probably takes another 6-7 minutes of standing there to do this, but I wind up with a full tank. This takes patience ... and only 70 to 80 percent of the nozzles allow you to do this. Some nozzle shut-offs are so sensitive that you can't dribble any more gas through them after they want to shut off.
It's worth it to me because I hate stopping for gas and I like a full tank before heading off-pavement so that we as much as possible have plenty of fuel for long generator runs, if needed, for battery charging or running of the A/C in hot weather. I've even had attendants come out and ask me if the pump is working OK ... probably because of my sometimes long fill times.
Since our Class C is only 24 feet long our fill nozzle is very close to the stock rear tank location so I'm not sure how much, if any, Winnebago had to extend the fill pipe location.
