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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Growler on 30 July 2008, 12:48:54
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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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I think this was posted on here not so long ago. ;)
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This looks familiar! :-? :-? :-?
And TBH is mostly rubbish! :y :y :y
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trust me to miss it :y
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The difference would be so miniscule you'd never notice if you did it for 50 years :y
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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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driving with a lighter right foot would make infinitely more difference.
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heres my solution..few days drive a less consuming small engine car..
after a miggy with full throttle ;D
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Surf on here for a mythbuster moment:
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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$$ing fuel all over the patio. Run round like a blue @rsed fly wondering how you can accommodate 10 litres of petrol with only 5 litres of serviceable container. Have a bright idea and chuck the petrol in the nearest motor vehicle (a Westfield, as it happens).
Remember said vehicle doesn't have a 2 stroke engine. >:( ::) :-X
Oh, well, it'll be smoking like a Wartburg till I dilute it. ;D
Kevin
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I have a tip actually, based on today's experience. Don't:
Go to the garage with 2 petrol cans, with 2 stroke oil already chucked in for the chainsaw, notice a few hairline cracks in one can and make a mental note to replace it at the garage but forget. Fill said cans, come home and dump them in the back garden in the shade. Go and have lunch.
Over lunch, shade becomes sun. Dodgy can ruptures and starts pi$$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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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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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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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. :-/
Kevin
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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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a bit of lubrication won't do it any harm ..
but as its one of those days, best not do any chainsawing though ;) :y
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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)
Yes. been on the road 8 years now.
I can't recommend it enough. The experience of building it, getting it on the road, driving it, meeting like-minded friends, tweaking it, upgrading it, etc. has been one of the best things I've done.
It doesn't have to cost a fortune, although don't believe the kit manufacturers when they tell you how cheap you can do it!
They are pretty good value 2nd hand, too, so that may be a good way to get involved without committing too much time and money.
Kevin
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a bit of lubrication won't do it any harm ..
but as its one of those days, best not do any chainsawing though ;) :y
Chainsawing was fine. Managed to rather terminally injure my shredder though. >:(
Kevin
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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)
Yes. been on the road 8 years now.
I can't recommend it enough. The experience of building it, getting it on the road, driving it, meeting like-minded friends, tweaking it, upgrading it, etc. has been one of the best things I've done.
It doesn't have to cost a fortune, although don't believe the kit manufacturers when they tell you how cheap you can do it!
They are pretty good value 2nd hand, too, so that may be a good way to get involved without committing too much time and money.
Kevin
half the fun to me would be building it even though second hand is probably the cheaper way :-/
but i got zero surplus cash for the next 4 years till the wife goes back to work full time so i'll keep dreaming :y
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The nice thing about buying one 2nd hand is that you can modify it to suit you with a clear conscience. If you build one you always wish you'd made a couple of decisions on the spec. differently but you are less inclined to ditch that engine you lovingly rebuilt for the one you wish you'd used, etc...
Keivn