Gas Pumping Tips [MERGED]

[HyBrideVo]

AFAIK matagal na to..anyhow, i fill up usually late * night and i always use the 3rd or the slowest setting. But sometimes i control it myself.

[bomboklat]

tnx sa information

[ressie]

This is from my FRIEND and he knows !!!!


I've been in petroleum pipeline business for about 31 years, currently working for the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline here in San Jose , CA . We deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period from the pipe line ; one day it's diesel, the next day it's jet fuel and gasoline. We have 34 storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons. Here are some tricks to help you get your money's worth:

1. Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the temperature is still cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you're filling up in the afternoon or in the evening, what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and temperature of the fuel (gasoline,diesel, jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products) are significant. Every truckload that we load is temperature-compensated so that the indicated gallon gage is act ually the amount pumped. A one-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for businesses, but service stations don't have temperature compensation at their pumps.

2. If a tanker truck is filling the station's tank at the time you want to buy gas, do not fill up; most likely dirt and sludge in the tank is being stirred up when gas is being delivered, and you might be transferring that dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car's tank.

3. Fill up when your gas tank is half-full (or half-empty), because the more gas you have in your tank the less air there is and gasoline evaporates rapidly, especially when it's warm. (Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating 'roof'membrane to act as a barrier between the gas and the atmosphere, thereby minimizing evaporation.)

4. If you look at the trigger you'll see that it has three delivery settings: slow, medium and high. When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to the high setting. You should be pumping at the slow setting,thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping. Hoses at the pump are corrugated; the corrugations act as a return path for vapor recovery from gas that already has been metered. If you are pumping at the high setting, the agitated gasoline contains more vapor, which is being sucked back into the underground tank, so you're getting less gas for your money. Hope this will help ease your 'pain at the pump'

[ressie]

hello mga sirs! share lang nang info. thanks! merry christmas and a happy new year to all!

[kyoots]

thanks. great advice!

[nels76]

Nice post ressie. As always.

Ung number 1, ginagawa ko na.

Ung 2 and 3, ndi pa. Usually I fill-up at the 1/4 mark.

[freefries]

lhat yata ng kabaligtaran nyan eh nagawa ko na, mali pala yun, now i know..thanks for the tips...

[Taurus]

I know I've read this in this forum somewhere but can't seem to find it. . .


OK, now I've found it! Sept 11, pa pala sya (WTC bombing)

Duplicate of:

http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showt...eline+business

[ressie]

I know I've read this in this forum somewhere but can't seem to find it. . .


OK, now I've found it! Sept 11, pa pala sya (WTC bombing)

Duplicate of:

http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showt...eline+business

ooppss! oo nga sir pareho nga yung thread, hehehe! same din namin nakuha yan sa email din. hehehe! hayaan na lang natin para mabasa naman nung iba. malaking tulong din ito sa presyo nang gasolina ngayon dapat sulit ka sa gas na binibili mo.

[executor]

I practice #1. Morning ako palagi nagpapa gas.

#2 Dapat pala maging observant ako, ni minsan hindi ko napansin na nag a-unload ng gaso yung mga tanker na kasabay ko sa gasolinahan.

#3 Nagpapagas ako pag malapit na sa empty line, pero hindi ko na hinintay na umilaw yung gas gauge.

Just like what meledson said, hindi applicable yung #4 sa atin.

Thanks for the tips.

For item # 4, we can do that locally. I simply asked the gasoline boy to set the filling mode to the slowest. It'll take a little time but at least you get exactly what you paid for.