*** Tips On Filling Your Vehicles (Very Important For You...) ***

Tips on Filling your Vehicles...

This is a Message received from a friend:

I don't know what you guys are paying for petrol... but here

in Durban, we are also paying higher, up to 47.35 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 BIKKIE 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 denser 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 play an important role. A

1degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business.

But the service stations do not have temperature

compensation at the pumps.

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Ramesh Patel

on 16.03.2008 @ 10:00Hrs. Page 1 of 2

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,

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Ramesh Patel

on 16.03.2008 @ 10:00Hrs. Page 2 of 2

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 maximum value for your

money.

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