GREAT TIPS ON PUMPING GAS
This article was sent to me via email from a friend. Not sure where she got it from, so cannot give credit where credit is due. But I thought the information was important enough to share with everyone who reads my blog.TIPS ON PUMPING GAS--GOOD INFO!
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>I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline....Here in
>California we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. 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 gallon.
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>Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose, CA we
>deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the
>pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline,
>regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total
>capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.
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>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 gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so
>buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not
>exactly a gallon.
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>In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature
>of the gasoline, 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.
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>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 vapors that are created
>while you are pumping.
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>All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the
>fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor.
>Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground
>storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.
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>One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is
>HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you
>have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline
>evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have
>an internal floating roof.
>This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas 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 gallon is actually the exact amount.
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>Another reminder. If there is a gasoline truck pumping into the
>storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely
>the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and
>you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the
>bottom.
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posted by St Lucie Homes on the Treasure Coast @ 9/29/2007 06:50:00 PM
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