[KarlInOhio]

4. Getting gas while it’s being filled is not harmful. All fuel pumps have filters on them. They look like your car filter and they will stop any contaminant from getting into your tank. Do you think any gas station wants to pay for repairs on cars they just fouled up? Ever heard of it happening?

About the only way you can prove it is if you buy gasoline at the same station every time. I have heard of people getting repairs done when the truck driver screws up and mixes diesel and gasoline tanks at the station.

[KarlInOhio]

oops. Left out a part. "...getting repairs done at the station's expense..."

[Malsua]

About the only way you can prove it is if you buy gasoline at the same station every time. I have heard of people getting repairs done when the truck driver screws up and mixes diesel and gasoline tanks at the station.

Yeah, I've heard of that too. Never from too much "dirt" stirred up in the bottom. Again, filters are on pumps for a reason, to prevent exactly the premise in the original post.

Oh and one more thing, the shutoff for the gasoline is in the handle. Holding the hose up does exactly zilch to get more gas out. Back in the day it was true but no longer.