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posted on April 10th, 2008 at 08:25 PM
$2 SAVING PER 100 YEARS
Received this email today, shows how people think when their wallet is involved
TIPS ON FILLING YOUR CAR(S) (Good information)
I don't know what you guys are paying for petrol.... but here in Durban we are also paying higher, up to R7.35 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 bakkie 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 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 plays an important role. 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. 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 most value for your money.
DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS!
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posted on April 10th, 2008 at 09:10 PM
Thanks for sharing this info Donn.
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posted on April 11th, 2008 at 06:47 AM
Good tip Donn, very true about the tempreture, when we test gas turbine engines at work in the test cell we allways take a SG reading in the morning
and every hour we are running the engine, because of the temp and density, we might only save a pound of fuel but its still proves the point about
temp and density of fuels.
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posted on April 11th, 2008 at 10:21 AM
and to think I put this up as being just a load of bullshit as far as how much you would save
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posted on April 11th, 2008 at 11:11 AM
All servo tanks are temperature controlled......
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posted on April 11th, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Hi
Tightarse VW driver tips.
If you want to save money every time you fill up, stop filling when the price is at $xx.23 or similar, that way with rounding down you save 2 cents a
fill. If do this every week for a year you will save $1.56, wow
When you go to a shop say like Super cheap and they have their degreaser for 1.99 a can, if you buy 1 you pay $2.00, if you buy 5 and lets face it if
you own a VW you needs heaps of this stuff, you save 5 cents.
