VERY
IMPORTANT MUST SHARE THIS.........
Do not Pump Full Tank of Petrol.......
READ THE REASONS -- DO NOT DONATE FUEL
Recently I came across a very useful tip. I was
surprised to know it but had a doubt so I talked to one of the pump technicians
and he too accepted it as a fact. I think apart from providing space for the
gas generated inside the petrol tank this is yet another reason why we
shouldn't fill the tank to the brim. Many of us are not aware that the petrol
kiosk pump has a return pipe-line (in Pink). 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 into the pump. But the return petrol has already
pass through the meter, meaning you are donating the petrol back to the Oil
Dealer.
Also only 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 liter is not exactly a liter. 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. 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 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 the bottom.
To have an impact, we need to reach literally
millions of Petrol buyers. It's really simple to do.
I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If
each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)...and those 300 send
it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) and so on, by the time the message
reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over Three MILLION
consumers !!!!!!! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten
friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!
If It goes one level further, you guessed it.....
THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10
people. How long would it take?