Prius Petrol Tank And Tescos

[Peter Sale]

Thats the way the gauge on mine behaves - stays at full until I have done at least 120 miles.

I haven't run it as low as 2 bars yet but that time must come at some point !

[timberwolf]

It all sounds normal. The worst fill-up I had was once where I just couldn't get the nozzle in the right place, and I began to doubt that I knew how much fuel I needed to put in. I left the petrol station with half the intended amount, went down the dual carriage way and back at the next roundabout, and used a different pump. Thankfully, that has only happened the once, and although the pump nozzle position can be sensitive I don't usually have it cut-off repeatedly like it did that day!

[Jan&tone]

I've had the clicking pump thing at times too... It happens when the pump shut off is set too finely for some reason.... And there apparently is a time limit on them too, if the clicking makes you take too long to fill up, the pump shuts off anyway!

As you say, moving to a different pump solves the problem.

[Seamaster73]

The return mechanisms on loads of petrol pumps are broken. That's why they constantly click off. It's rarely the car at fault.

[timberwolf]

The return mechanisms on loads of petrol pumps are broken. That's why they constantly click off. It's rarely the car at fault.

It's curious how they all broke just after I bought my Prius ;)

With all my other cars previous to the Prius, I've just been able to stuff the nozzle right into the filler pipe, but with the Prius I have to hold the noozle out a little bit (it's still within the filler pipe but the nozzle shoulder bit isn't resting against anything), as otherwise the petrol pump would indeed click off all the time.