Before you heckle me - no I’m not stupid, and under normal circumstances I usually would turn the car off. In this particular instance, however, my car battery died because I was away for 6 weeks, and there’s not enough gas for me to take it on the highway and get to where I need to go tomorrow (after I try jumping the car). Since if i turn the engine off there’s a large likelihood that the car will die and won’t turn back on again, turning the car off while I fill my tank isn’t a very viable option. Can I get away with it one time, or will I ruin my engine or blow up my car?
If it makes a difference - 2020 Land Rover discover (sport). If that’s not viable, what are my other options for charging my car up enough with only <30 miles in the tank so that I’ll be able to also refuel my car without the battery going out?
Thanks!
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I almost never turn my car off to fill up… Nothing bad is going to happen to your or your car because you filled the tank with it running.
I leave my car idling when filling nowadays too. Maybe back in the 60s when Joey down the block had his carb set wrong and would backfire it might be an issue, but nowadays the biggest threats are static electricity and morons who smoke.
99.99999999% chances it’ll be perfectly fine and I’ve done it fairly often never once issue other than someone telling me I should turn off my car. It takes crazy low probability exact unfortunate circumstances for anything bad to happen.
Yes fuck them
You could. But it’s illegal.
I do it everyday.
You’ll be fine, we do this all the time in the winter at work. Just avoid re entering the vehicle until you’re done to avoid static discharge. But leaving the vehicle running is fine.
We have to leave the work trucks running when it dips below -35c sometimes when working up north or else you won’t get it started again. I’m no mechanic though lol
Refueling while idling is risky. Turn off for safety, avoid potential hazards.
We just bought a new hybrid. I didn’t realize the car wasn’t turned off. Refilled it without an issue.
You absolutely can. You just risk starting a fire at the pump. That risk is very slim though. (But it is why they have warning labels not to do just that).
I did it by mistake. It was fine
you should be fine. at most there will be a light showing up on the dash due to a loss of pressure in the tank. but it would clear on it’s own after you filled it and cycled power at a later time…