Tips on filling your vehicles

Subject: FW: 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.

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 maximum value for your money.

DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS! LET’S SHARE INFORMATION AND BENEFIT ALL, FOR THE BETTER OF MANKIND

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Another great article from my favorite blog...

By MOHSIN ABDULLAH, MySinchew
Coming home from work one evening, a man called his wife and children to gather for a family meeting. The objective: to draw up plans and course of action to be taken by all of them in view of the current high fuel prices. And everything else that has sky rocketed.

It’s time to adjust and change he told his family. Turning to his wife he told her to spend “wisely” at the market. “Cook enough for all of us and do not waste food,” he said sternly.

Turning to his children , he asked them to cut down on watching TV and playing computer, to save on electricity bills.

“Also if we are having dinner at the dining hall , switch off all the lights in other areas of the house.

“We have to take our meals at home. We can’t be eating out. No more high tea and buffet dinners at restaurants and hotels. Also we can’t go for holidays during the school breaks.”

He went on to say that they will have to use a smaller car. Also car pooling.
“I’m sorry, we have to tighten up our budget. We simply can’t afford lots of things.” His and wife and kids just nodded their heads in silent.

Then one of his children, (his youngest daughter) looked up and said: “But dad, that’s what’s we been doing all this while. Mum goes to the market and buy the cheapest goods possible. We eat low grade rice. We don’t watch TV or play computer much. Our house don’t have air con. We don’t use electricity much. We seldom eat out and it’s been years since we go for holidays. We have never been overseas. And we drive a Kancil. Isn’t that small enough already? So what’s there to change?" she asked.

The man stared at his daughter. He turned and looked at his wife and other children. Slowly he broke his silence: “I know. But that’s what I’ve been reading in the papers and hearing on TV and radio. Everyday they tell us to change our life style. I’m just repeating what they say.”

This story is just a figment of my imagination. But for all you know, it could very well be true. I let a friend of mine tread this piece before sending it to the editors at Sin Chew Daily. And he told me, if this article was meant as a joke, then it was not funny.

My reply to him was, it was not supposed to be funny. After all these are depressing times we’re in now. And that’s no joke.

Mohsin Abdullah is the Editor in Chief for News and Current Affairs of Ntv7 and 8TV

Benarkah minyak ESSO lebih jimat berbanding Petronas dan Shell???

Sekarang, mana-mana dan siapa-siapa pun pasti sibuk dan hangat bercerita mengenai kenaikan harga minyak baru-baru ini… omg I am exhausted and bingung pikir perkara-perkara sebegini… tambah banyak gugur lar rambut and cepatlah botak kepala aku nanti.. mujur ada “Prohair” yang boleh didapati di Guardian dan Watson.. heheh (sempat bagi free promotion walaupun I will and never will gain anything..)

Before I go any further let me just admit that I have no knowledge and no professional education on ‘fuel and its grade’ and the world of economy although I did learned about economy during my undergraduates studies. So, I am giving my opinion and maybe disgruntle opinion (a little bit of emo… hehehe) on this matter… as a customer and ordinary Malaysian…

Sebelum ni belum pernah gaknya isi minyak kat esso.. selalunya Shell.. based on my own experience, I think I can save more money using Shell… Sebelum harga minyak naik, aku guna RM35 untuk 5 hari pergi dan balik keja jika guna Shell.. tapi kalu guna Petronas lak I have to spent up to RM40 for same duration and route and distance.. But in term of performance, I think petronas taking care of my car engine rather than Shell…. Shell, bau sedikit and noisy juga… but since nak berjimat terpaksa guna Shell…

Now I have to agree with the Government to change our lifestyles (but disagree of course on the fuel hike..huhuhu)..Now I am really in the dilemma… some say that we have to change our fuel to Esso cuz it will guarantee longer distance for same price of fuel in Shell or Petronas… BUTTTTTT the only drawback is of course it will effect our car engine… how true is that???? Gosh, mampus aku nak fikir benda ni… tukar?? Tak tukar?? Tukar?? Tak tukar???

According to one good resource... Minyak Esso lebih pekat berbanding minyak lain dan kurang pembakarannya so lebih jauh kita leh pigi.. or in other words, lebih jimat… (kerana di Esso Mobil, kami juga pemandu seperti anda…hahahah)… Petronas pla paling halus dan melancarkan perjalanan anda dan menjaga enjin anda dengan baik.. ianya juga melancarkan pengeluaran wang anda dari poket… heheheeh… Shell pla I think must be in the middle.. so now I getting even confuse.. Quality vs Saving???? Takut pla nak terlalu berjimat on fuel tapi in the long run kena belanja beribu-ribu ringgit kerna enjin rosak..kwang-kwang-kwang…