How to save money on Petrol

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PETROL TIPS - info!! (MUST READ)


With Petrol expected to reach £2 per litre by end of 2011 these tips that I received from a friend might come in handy.


TIPS ON PUMPING PETROL


I don't know what you guys are paying for petrol.... I am paying up to £1.35
to £1.50 per litre.
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 Shell Pipeline where I work, we deliver about 4 million litres in
a 24-hour period .. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, regular and premium grades.
We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 Litres.


Only buy or 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 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 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.

Hope this helps....Ron

tkachev

I have read these tips but the one about filling up in the colder temperatures is apparently not proven. Only what I have read on other forums Ron,

Elizabeth

janie68

And dont forget to tip the nozzle into the petrol cap thingy, not just put the nozzle back, as theres always a few drops in the nozzle.

Janie

dreamdaisy

I remember hearing about the dirt factor - apparently this used to be relevant but modern fuels are much cleaner and this is no longer an issue. I check tyre pressures, don't drive like Lewis Hamilton, use hyper-miling techniques as far as possible but fuel consumption figures are mis-leading: on a long, steady run you may achieve something similar to the claims but for sporadic or shorter journeys you will miss by a mile. The best way to save money on fuel is to drive with a feather touch on the pedals - or give up altogether. I cannot face doing that though, my car is so very useful. DD

Airwave!

Petrol cost 85p a litre when I got my car, coming up for three years ago, I do about 13,000 miles a year, which costs approx. £1925, in fuel.

The same miles would cost me about £3057 on petrol alone. Motoring will soon be a rich mans hobby.

dreamdaisy

When I began it was 45p per litre. The majority of the cost per litre is taxation, and all governments are guilty of that. Drivers are a captive audience, they know we will pay whatever the cost to keep our freedom of movement. Remember the fuss when it hit £1 a litre? Where's the fuss now? There is none simply because that was a big psychological barrier, the next set of protests will happen (maybe) when it hits £2. DD

dreamdaisy

That was 1892 wasn't it? Blimey rehab, you certainly don't act your age! DD