Fueling up

[Adam Karp]

this is a bit long winded but true (I've confirmed it with a mate who does bunkering and my Bro who work at Kings line;"Well worth trying
TIPS ON PUMPING PETROL
I don't know what you guys are paying for : petrol.... I am paying up to £1.35 to £1.50 per litre. 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 Shell Pipeline where I work we deliver about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period .... One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 Only buy or fill up your car or truck 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 more dense the petrol, 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
A 1-degree 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. You should be pumping on low mode, 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 Petrol tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more Petrol you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine. petrol 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 petrol 10pt;">truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy Petrol, DO NOT fill up; most likely the petrol is being stirred up as the Petrol is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on.

[Adam Karp]

Hmm... When I posted this it didn't look so weird with lines and stuff

[Alfred Balban]

True Adam its strange how the post are coming out,will look into it.

[Alfred Balban]

Adam gone through it and cannot find the problem,other posts are coming out right.

[Alfred Balban]

Great work Adam,this sure answers a lot of questions I've been asng myself especially tis summer,it really makes sense of why sometimes we don't do the km's we used to do before with the same amount of fuel.

[Tyrone Smith]

Cheers Adam. I owe you a pint with all the cash i save.

[Marocatlasgib4x4 Club]

Well Adam,managed to put it better for you,next time do not use the editor mode for writing ;-)