Gas spillage spurt out everywhere?

2025 KIA FORTE
3,000 MILES • AUTOMATIC
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ALYLAROSA485
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I went to the gas station today and I began pumping and it seemed fine up until I got close to 4 gallons of gas and the nozzle seemed to spurt out everywhere. I talked to the gas attendant and he told me the nozzle was previously faulty and was recently fixed. I’m concerned if this will affect my filler neck or gas tank by it spurting out like this. Any mechanic advice would help thanks a bunch! Here’s a video of what happene
Aug 21, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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STRAILER
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Yes, I see what went wrong, the gas filler needs to be inside the filler neck, not almost out, the gas nozzle has a shut off valve in the tip of the nozzle, but you have it too far away for it to work, insert the nozzle fully into the gas fill and you should be fine.
Aug 22, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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KRAKENAUTO
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As the other tech states above. The nozzle needs to stay fully inserted into the filler neck so the shut off valve works properly. With it half in it will not activate the shut off valve properly and will cause it to spit out and overflow.
Aug 22, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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