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Tips on Filling Fuel in Your Vehicles

As we all know, its an inevitable truth that gas prices is going to cost an and a leg. Dubai will soon run out of fuel and the whole world thats why gas prices just keeps on going up. The best thing we can do today is maximize all the fuel we are paying for, lets start from the refilling station before we go on our car’s consumption. here are some tips I found that will save us some liters of gas.

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ONLY BUY OR FILL UP YOUR VEHICLES 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.

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 can tell it to the gasoline boy/girl), 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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