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Tips on filling up
« on: 30 July 2008, 12:48:54 »

Tips on Filling your Vehicles...
This is a Message received from a friend:
I don't know what you guys are paying for petrol... but here in Durban, we are also paying higher, up to 47.35 per litre.
But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every litre.

Here at the Marian Hill Pipeline, where I work in Durban, we deliver about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.
One day is diesel; the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, LRP and Unleaded. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 litres.

ONLY BUY OR FILL UP YOUR CAR OR BIKKIE IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE GROUND TEMPERATURE IS STILL COLD.
Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground, the denser the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening.... your litre is not exactly a litre.

In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products play an important role. A 1degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

WHEN YOU'RE FILLING UP, DO NOT SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER OF THE NOZZLE TO A FAST MODE.
If you look, you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode, you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created, while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIPS IS TO FILL UP WHEN YOUR TANK IS HALF FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank, the less air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation.

Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated, so that every litre is actually the exact amount.

ANOTHER REMINDER, IF THERE IS A FUEL TRUCK PUMPING INTO THE STORAGE TANKS, WHEN YOU STOP TO BUY, DO NOT FILL UP - most likely the petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.

Hope, this will help you get the maximum value for your money.

DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS! LET’S SHARE INFORMATION AND BENEFIT ALL.
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Re: Tips on filling up
« Reply #1 on: 30 July 2008, 12:51:46 »

I think this was posted on here not so long ago. ;)
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Re: Tips on filling up
« Reply #2 on: 30 July 2008, 12:53:52 »

This looks familiar! :-? :-? :-?

And TBH is mostly rubbish! :y :y :y
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Re: Tips on filling up
« Reply #3 on: 30 July 2008, 12:54:18 »

trust me to miss it  :y
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Re: Tips on filling up
« Reply #4 on: 30 July 2008, 13:04:30 »

The difference would be so miniscule you'd never notice if you did it for 50 years :y
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Re: Tips on filling up
« Reply #5 on: 30 July 2008, 13:12:54 »

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The difference would be so miniscule you'd never notice if you did it for 50 years :y

I'm 50 !...... B*llocks, all that wastage!
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Re: Tips on filling up
« Reply #6 on: 30 July 2008, 13:14:33 »

driving with a lighter right foot would make infinitely more difference.
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Re: Tips on filling up
« Reply #7 on: 30 July 2008, 13:32:42 »

heres my solution..few days drive a less consuming small engine car..

after a miggy with full throttle ;D
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« Reply #8 on: 30 July 2008, 22:33:37 »

Surf on here for a mythbuster moment:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/gastips.asp
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Re: Tips on filling up
« Reply #9 on: 30 July 2008, 22:37:18 »

I have a tip actually, based on today's experience. Don't:

Go to the garage with 2 petrol cans, with 2 stroke oil already chucked in for the chainsaw, notice a few hairline cracks in one can and make a mental note to replace it at the garage but forget. Fill said cans, come home and dump them in the back garden in the shade. Go and have lunch.

Over lunch, shade becomes sun. Dodgy can ruptures and starts pi$$ing fuel all over the patio. Run round like a blue @rsed fly wondering how you can accommodate 10 litres of petrol with only 5 litres of serviceable container.  Have a bright idea and chuck the petrol in the nearest motor vehicle (a Westfield, as it happens).

Remember said vehicle doesn't have a 2 stroke engine. >:( ::) :-X

Oh, well, it'll be smoking like a Wartburg till I dilute it. ;D

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Re: Tips on filling up
« Reply #10 on: 30 July 2008, 22:40:57 »

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I have a tip actually, based on today's experience. Don't:

Go to the garage with 2 petrol cans, with 2 stroke oil already chucked in for the chainsaw, notice a few hairline cracks in one can and make a mental note to replace it at the garage but forget. Fill said cans, come home and dump them in the back garden in the shade. Go and have lunch.

Over lunch, shade becomes sun. Dodgy can ruptures and starts pi$$ing fuel all over the patio. Run round like a blue @rsed fly wondering how you can accommodate 10 litres of petrol with only 5 litres of serviceable container.  Have a bright idea and chuck the petrol in the nearest motor vehicle (a Westfield, as it happens).

Remember said vehicle doesn't have a 2 stroke engine. >:( ::) :-X

Oh, well, it'll be smoking like a Wartburg till I dilute it. ;D

Kevin

what motors in the seven then Kev?
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Re: Tips on filling up
« Reply #11 on: 30 July 2008, 22:42:32 »

I think you were lucky not to set the Patio / house on fire :o a bit of smoke from the Westfield is a small price to pay. :y
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Re: Tips on filling up
« Reply #12 on: 30 July 2008, 23:00:03 »

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what motors in the seven then Kev?

It's a 2 Litre Ford Zetec with a ported head, fast road cams and Jenvey throttle bodies on Megasquirt engine management.

Kevin
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« Reply #13 on: 30 July 2008, 23:02:32 »

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I think you were lucky not to set the Patio / house on fire :o a bit of smoke from the Westfield is a small price to pay. :y

True. Could easily have gone horribly wrong.  :-/

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« Reply #14 on: 30 July 2008, 23:03:39 »

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what motors in the seven then Kev?

It's a 2 Litre Ford Zetec with a ported head, fast road cams and Jenvey throttle bodies on Megasquirt engine management.

Kevin

did you build it yourself?
 i've dreamt of building one for years and have a few bits in garage but arival of baby has kind of put a stop to all spending :( espescialy in this current climate (god i hate that phrase)
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