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 |  Subject: HOW TO SAVE ON YOUR CAR FUEL  16/4/2008, 10:55 am | |
|  Do not pump full tank of petrol
Many of us are not aware that the petrol kiosk pump has a return pipe-line (in black ). When the petrol tank (in the car) reaches full level, there is a mechanism to trigger off the pump latch and at the same time a return-valve is opened (at the top of the pump station) to allow excess petrol to flow back in! to the sump. But the return petrol has already pass through the meter, meaning you are donating the petrol back to SHELL/ PETRONAS/ CALTEX/MOBIL. .......... .
*Pumping Gas - Good to Know (from the expert) 
I've been in petroleum pipeline business for about 31 years, currently working for the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline here in San Jose , CA .
We deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period from the pipe line; one day it's diesel, the next day it's jet fuel and gasoline. We have 34 storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons. Here are some tricks to help you get your money's worth:
1. Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the temperature is still cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline.. When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you're filling up in the afternoon or in the evening, what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and temperature of the fuel (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products) are significant. Every truckload that we load is temperature- compensated so that the indicated gallonage is actually the amount pumped. A one-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for businesses, but service stations don't have temperature compensation at their pumps.
2. ;If a tanker truck is filling the station's tank at the time you want to buy gas, do not fill up; most likely dirt and sludge in the tank is being stirred up when gas is being delivered, and you might be transferring that dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car's tank.
3. Fill up when your gas tank is half-full (or half-empty), because the more gas you have in your tank the less air there is and gasoline evaporates rapidly, especially when it's warm. (Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating 'roof' membrane to act as a barrier between the gas and the atmosphere, thereby minimizing evaporation) .
4. If you look at the trigger you'll ! see that it has three delivery settings: slow, medium and high. When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to the high setting. You should be pumping at the slow setting, thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping. Hoses at the pump are corrugated; the corrugations act as a return path for vapor recovery from gas that already has been metered. If you are pumping at the high setting, the agitated gasoline contains more vapor, which is being sucked back into the underground tank, so you're getting less gas for your money.
5. Do not top off your gas tank, when the pump shuts off, do not keep trying to add more gas. A friend who owns a gas station says that by doing this, you are actually giving the next customer a $1.00 worth of gas. The gas you pump s t ays in the hose and never makes it to your tank......... ...good to know
Hope this will help ease your 'pain at the pump. |
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| | Subject: Re: HOW TO SAVE ON YOUR CAR FUEL 4/5/2008, 11:47 pm | |
| good info bro.. thanks!  |
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| | Subject: Re: HOW TO SAVE ON YOUR CAR FUEL 9/5/2008, 8:12 pm | |
| bagus bagus info yg sungguh berkesan hehehehe |
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| | Subject: Re: HOW TO SAVE ON YOUR CAR FUEL 11/5/2008, 3:31 am | |
| thx 4 da info.. tangki musti maw sentiasa penuh ni kalau mo jimat  |
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| | Subject: Re: HOW TO SAVE ON YOUR CAR FUEL 11/5/2008, 7:14 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: HOW TO SAVE ON YOUR CAR FUEL 16/5/2008, 11:09 am | |
| tapi kalau tangki penuh. kereta semakin berat.. lebih banyak pembakaran, lebih banyak guna petrol.. mcm mana tu? |
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| | Subject: Re: HOW TO SAVE ON YOUR CAR FUEL 16/5/2008, 11:23 am | |
| pasal tulah pembuat kereta ada sukatan tangki supaya power dgn berat equal...ni kalu suda modified tukar tangki tu,lain kira la.jadi penyeludup minyak subsidi kah geng  |
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| | Subject: Re: HOW TO SAVE ON YOUR CAR FUEL 31/5/2008, 2:23 am | |
| Go for engine tuning, spark plug and air filter change, this also will reduce your FC's |
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