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How much are you overpaying at the pump thanks to faulty check valves?

Photo by Laffy4k. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. It's bad enough that gas prices are rising faster than lighters will at this summer's Motley Crüe tour. The AP is now reporting how drivers are overpaying as much as $5 per fill-up thanks to a "common glitch" at the nations petrol pumps. Of course, since this is a mechanical problem with the pumps and not any sort of scam, the errors are sometimes in favor of the driver. The problems lies with the "check valve," which is supposed to regulate the gas flow and the price meter. ... Read more →

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