Posted on February 12, 2010.
Some tips to save fuel? Tips on filling your car (good information)
I do not know what you're paying for gasoline .... but here in
Durban, we are also paying more, up to R7.35 per liter. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tips for getting more of your money for every liter.
Here at Marian Hill Pipeline where I work in
Durban, we deliver about 4 million liters in a 24 hour period through the pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel and gasoline, unleaded and LRP. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 liters.
Only buy or fill up your car or bakkie in the early morning:
When the earth - the temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried underground. The cold ground the more dense the fuel, when it gets warmer gasoline increases, so buying in the afternoon or evening .... your liter is not exactly a liter. In the oil sector, the specific gravity and temperature
gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role. An increase of 1 degree in temperature is a big problem for this company. But the service stations do
no temperature compensation at the pumps.
When you are filling do not press the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode.
If you look, you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, medium and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. These vapors are vacuumed back into the underground storage tank so you get less value for your money.
One of the most important tips is to fill in when your tank is half full.
The reason is, the more fuel you have in your tank, the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine.
petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between 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 liter is actually the exact amount.
Another reminder, if there is a fuel truck pumping into storage tanks when you stop to buy, do not fill
- Most likely the petrol / diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
Hopefully this will help you get the most value
for your money.
Nice one, very appreciated!
Another trick is to try not to over-rev your gear, try to stay below 3500 revolutions before switching, you'll be very surprised to see how that will save.
31 years?
Well, since our car is gone, I will not worry too much about gasoline, just walking around obviously confused taxi ranks. Plus my poor legs hurt all the way ... Rina!
Mr. Rabbit, you do in your 20's or do I missread the info given?
Wow, I printed the information and read all these instructions to the guy at the station.
Imagine the guy says to the gas station:
"Please sir pump at low speed, the first step, so that you minimize the vapors that are created while you are pumping. Thank you."
Well, I've been homesick South Africans, and I was wondering how to fill when it is cold, it is already more than 9 degrees here in the freezing night. But the fact.
