Pietenpol-List: do the nozzles shut off automatically??

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Original Posted By: Gary Gower
I'm ashamed to admit ,that when I started flying, I flew a club plane that wasalways fueled by a line/fuel guy with a roving gas truck.Every plane from way back then till 6 years ago was always full when I got it.Then, got into Ultralights, and the " carry/mix your own fuel."Well anyway,,,now my Pietenpol is flying, and the first few main tank fulls I handcarried from the airport next door, with 100LL.Soon it'll be time to grow up and fly to my second permitted airport , in Phase1 , for fuel in Sussex NJ, to the north.I have a 14 gal main/nose tank, and a 10 gal center/ top wing tank ( that feedsby gravity to the main tank)I know the mess that I've had fuelling the U/L with a gas can, and over filling. Do the AV GAS pump nozzles shut off automatically like a car gas nozzle?I've only put some gas in planes since, and never filled them up. Can I over fillthe top tank and fill up the cockpit and my seat?Or do I have to do the " watch the gallons and do the finger wave thing"?What I'm asking is,,,"do the nozzles shut off automatically?"waltNX140DL(north N.J.)________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:15:10 -0800 (PST)

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Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Some do, some don't. It just depends on what kind of nozzles they have. Italso depends on the shape of your tank. My Cessna 140's tanks were so flaton the top that even though the fuel pump at the airport where I had itbased had the shutoff in the nozzle, by the time the nozzle shutoff I stillhad spilled close to a quart of fuel.Jack -----Original Message-----

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Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy