Who repairs diesel fuel pumps at truck stops when they break down?

99% of the time it's just cause the fuel filters haven't been changed in forever, or some genius that makes the big mega carrier money has destroyed the card reader.

 

Or, like at the Pilot in Council Bluffs, just run over the thing.

 

In Texas there are a few service companies. They are the same companies that usually install them at new constructed stations or replacements at old ones. Texas Dept of Agriculture controls and licenses the fuel pumps in the state and does random calibration tests from time to time so the companies have to be approved and certified to set them.

 

If you’ve ever had a pump “jump” after turning it on. Where it displays an amount before it comes out. You can call the Tx Ag number on the seal of the pump and report it. If they get enough calls they will come and inspect the calibration to make sure the pump isn’t charging you for air.

 

Fuel stations won’t tell you this but sometimes when they are shut down at least in Texas is because they failed a random pump calibration test.

 

Fuel hauler here; I’ve talked to some of pump maintenance men and they tell me it’s a lot of school and different certifications in the beginning, followed by a lot of on the job training. Many don’t make it, but those that do tell me they like their salary.

It’s not as easy an many make it out to be, fuel pumps ain’t like they were in the 1960s.

Nowadays if you look at the front of the pump you’ll see a lock; if you’re ever there when they open them up you’ll see a lot of
wires and circuit boards, the techs gotta know what does what and how to diagnose and fix it. There is also the computer often called a veeder root in the back that keeps inventory, as well as the credit card readers, and many new pumps
have hi def screens running ads with beer cans and hot models to not only try to get you to buy that product, but they are clearly designed to keep your eyes on the screen so you’ll keep on pumping til it’s full.

 

I’m not sure if it’s community college or company sponsored type thing, maybe a bit of both. Think the only downside is they are on call a lot. They usually drive white vans and cone off the area they are working on, I’ve had to do station pump outs while they waited for me as they needed the tank empty and most of the pumps cut off with a few inches of product still in the tank.

 

I was repeating what the guy wrote in the post above mine, the ^^^^ are pointing to the post I was referring to. And OTJ, On Job Training.