TIPS ON
PUMPING GAS (Good information)
I don't know
what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but 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..
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.
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. 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 teperature 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 vapors that are created while you are pumping. 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 wo! rth for your money.
One of the
most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF
FULL. 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
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.
Hope this
will help you get the most value for your money.
DO SHARE
THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS!.
Fill
up in the morning in the slow mode when your tank is half full but not
when the tankers are filling the storage tanks.
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