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Old 11-22-2016, 01:35 PM
 
Location: Springfield
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I was pumping gas at the BP in Stone Ridge last night, and I noticed a red rejection sticker on the pump. Has anyone seen this before? This is the first time. I thought they would have turned the pump off.
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Old 11-22-2016, 02:11 PM
 
Location: D.C.
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I have not seen that before on a working pump. I would suggest picking up a bottle of HEET or similar from your nearest station and adding it to your fuel ASAP, just in case if that rejection sticker might've meant the fuel purity wasn't up to standards. Water in an underground storage tank is the #1 and most frequent issue when testing the quality of the gas. The sticker might've meant that water was detected. Or, it could've meant the tank itself has a leak underground and the weekly test has picked up on it, which means contaminants could get into the fuel supply through the leak too.


If you have water in the tank, in these cold temps, it'll possibly freeze up when you don't want it to. HEET will prevent that from happening.
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Old 11-22-2016, 02:39 PM
 
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It means the calibration is off on the pump. Regulators go around and make sure if you pay for 15 gallons you actually get 15 gallons. Not sure what the tolerance is, but even a couple pennies off could be enough for the sticker.
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Old 11-22-2016, 02:41 PM
 
Location: Virginia-Shenandoah Valley
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It means the calibration is off on the pump. Regulators go around and make sure if you pay for 15 gallons you actually get 15 gallons. Not sure what the tolerance is, but even a couple pennies off could be enough for the sticker.
This. And it could even be off in your favor and it still gets tagged.
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Old 11-22-2016, 02:43 PM
 
Location: D.C.
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Ah, cool, I didn't know that either. Learned something new today!
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Old 11-23-2016, 02:29 AM
 
Location: Virginia-Shenandoah Valley
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And it was free.
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Old 11-23-2016, 12:22 PM
 
Location: Springfield
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It means the calibration is off on the pump. Regulators go around and make sure if you pay for 15 gallons you actually get 15 gallons. Not sure what the tolerance is, but even a couple pennies off could be enough for the sticker.

Makes sense. If there were some water in the underground fuel tank, then every pump would have a rejection sticker, and if was just one pump then it could be a calibration issue.
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Old 11-26-2016, 11:40 AM
 
Location: MID ATLANTIC
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Makes sense. If there were some water in the underground fuel tank, then every pump would have a rejection sticker, and if was just one pump then it could be a calibration issue.
If water and gas were mixing, there would be more than a red sticker. Water in an underground tank is a sign of a breech of the tank and VA DEQ would be crawling all over them.

The Bureau of Weights and Measurements are like elves, you never see them or meet them. They also check out the scales in the grocery stores, among many other places. Never met one, but I am told they are real.
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