[Tigers] vapor recovery gas nozzles

[Buck Trippel]

Hello everyone,

Mike Michels started something with this tread.

I followed up by asking my wife, who got gas in her Tiger last weekend, 
whether she'd had a problem. She said she quit pumping after getting only 4 
gallons into the tank and two quarts on the side of the car or on the 
ground.

I called the Air Quality people this morning and explained our problems. 
Within an hour, the supervisor of the filling station group returned my 
call. He explained that new nozzles are supposed to be installed in all 
service stations by April 1st. So this is not just a Chevron issue. He said 
that most stations were choosing either the "Healy" nozzle or a "balance 
type" nozzle. He thought our issue is with the Healy nozzle. (My wife 
returned to the Chevron station and confirmed the nozzle she'd had problems 
with was indeed a Healy nozzle.)

I described the situation to him as a flawed design that's far beyond a 
vapor recovery issue. I stressed to him the potential for serious fires. He 
replied that the nozzles were tested for 18 months but obviously not on our 
cars. Anyway he said he's looking into the problem.

Keeping  my fingers crossed,

Buck Trippel