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Date Posted: Sat, Jan 05 2008, 17:16:20 PST
Author: From a WATCHER
Subject: Tip on pumping gas

Looks like some good tips, don't know if they are real, but doesn't hurt to know.
Suz

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 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 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
worth for your money.

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.

Hope this will help you get the most value for
your money.

DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS!

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