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sand-eel

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24th Dec 10 at 15:53

Just remembered a pump I went to the other day was massivly under reading, my tank is 62L put in £20 from the fuel light on and ended up with more than half a tank

Ryan_G1

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24th Dec 10 at 15:56

quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
usually put £20 a time in, don't use the car much so.....
Also if there is low fuel won't it evaporate faster than a full tank, as there is more room for the gas?

Fuel tanks are sealed so it wont evaporate

mattk

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24th Dec 10 at 15:59

quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w

quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
I only fill my cars up if im going to use most of the petrol that/next day.

Dont like filling it up because if it gets stolen they have futher to drive before they need to stop for petty in theory. Whereas if it has no juice they will have to stop at a local petty which has cameras etc.

Kind of makes sense to me

Paranoid much?

my vans fuel guage still reads when the key is out so if some chav walks past and sees it right on F they might go for it

Eck

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24th Dec 10 at 16:03

quote:
Originally posted by Nick-S
Brim the fucker once every 2 weeks ish. about 340 miles to a tank.

Extra weigh the extra weigh of a full tank over £20 is probly less than the weigh of a 10 year old

I have a 70 litre tank. £20 will get about 15 litres at the moment. 55 litres of weight would be a massive 10 year old

sand-eel

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24th Dec 10 at 16:09

quote:
Originally posted by Ryan_G1

quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
usually put £20 a time in, don't use the car much so.....
Also if there is low fuel won't it evaporate faster than a full tank, as there is more room for the gas?

Fuel tanks are sealed so it wont evaporate

It does evaporate into the tank space, why do you think occasionally you get a hissing when you open the cap, or why there is a charcoal canister

Ryan_G1

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24th Dec 10 at 16:14

i only get a hiss from mine when its run extremly low and the tank is starting to vaccum.

My astra gsi has been sitting outside for 4 months with 1/4 of a tank of fuel, moved it into the garage today and its still got a 1/4 of a tank. So if petrol evaporates in a petrol tank, why hasnt mine?

mike56gte

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24th Dec 10 at 16:21

some of you guys are over thinking this ( petrol evaporating, theifs, weight etc..)

just put petrol in it FFS

sand-eel

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24th Dec 10 at 16:38

quote:
Originally posted by Ryan_G1
i only get a hiss from mine when its run extremly low and the tank is starting to vaccum.

My astra gsi has been sitting outside for 4 months with 1/4 of a tank of fuel, moved it into the garage today and its still got a 1/4 of a tank. So if petrol evaporates in a petrol tank, why hasnt mine?

I'm not talking gallons of shit, maybe 100ml or something

It all adds up

sand-eel

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24th Dec 10 at 17:08

The tank won't vacuum either as they have a breather, to stop vacuuming as it will implode

Ben G

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24th Dec 10 at 17:55

the weight does affect the way a car drive though, i'm sure of it.

i can definitely feel improved acceleration when i have less than 1/4 of a tank left.

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24th Dec 10 at 19:11

Just worked out today that £59 worth of petrol gets me around 90 miles... is that bad?

damn you Impreza.

Ian

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24th Dec 10 at 19:14

That's quite bad, I got 110 out of less than that in the Disco. Was going to measure properly but I got some today in case I couldn't tomorrow.

John

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24th Dec 10 at 19:27

quote:
Originally posted by kz
Just worked out today that £59 worth of petrol gets me around 90 miles... is that bad? damn you Impreza.

9mpg

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25th Dec 10 at 00:23

quote:
Originally posted by John

quote:
Originally posted by kz
Just worked out today that £59 worth of petrol gets me around 90 miles... is that bad? damn you Impreza.

9mpg

Kill me.

DaveyLC

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25th Dec 10 at 01:05

If I use the car every day I brim the tank.

Put 55-60 quid a month of diesel in my current shitter and get up to 700 miles out of a tank..

[Edited on 25-12-2010 by DaveyLC]

John

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25th Dec 10 at 01:19

That's about 70mpg, that must be sitting on the flat at 50mph constantly.

DaveyLC

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27th Dec 10 at 11:13

She's a economical marvell, hence the £30/year tax band..

drbeansri

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27th Dec 10 at 11:22

i love the diesel economy...

3i_gaz

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29th Dec 10 at 02:41

usually chuck 20 quid in once the ight comes on if am just doing the usual work run or the gym. if am off to a meet or for a bit of a drive i just brim the fucker!

Doug

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29th Dec 10 at 17:47

quote:
Originally posted by kz
Just worked out today that £59 worth of petrol gets me around 90 miles... is that bad? damn you Impreza.

That makes me feel slightly better about mine

AndyKent

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29th Dec 10 at 20:44

First time today I put more than £60 of diesel in the Golf.

Wasn't totally empty either

Nick-S

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30th Dec 10 at 09:36

quote:
Originally posted by Eck

quote:
Originally posted by Nick-S
Brim the fucker once every 2 weeks ish. about 340 miles to a tank.

Extra weigh the extra weigh of a full tank over £20 is probly less than the weigh of a 10 year old

I have a 70 litre tank. £20 will get about 15 litres at the moment. 55 litres of weight would be a massive 10 year old

i was going off my cars tank tbh its only 50 litres

[Edited on 30-12-2010 by Nick-S]

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