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 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 for your money's worth !!!
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.
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.
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 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 for your money's worth !!!
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.
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.
