Definitely good advice. Advice which I've chosen to ignore myself, but good advice nonetheless
I'd do the same if it mean't 1 more day to the petrol station
Definitely good advice. Advice which I've chosen to ignore myself, but good advice nonetheless
I'd do the same if it mean't 1 more day to the petrol station
At the speeds I drive, it'd probably take you an extra day to get there .
I once tried brimming a car* (not a 500). Noticing the amount of fuel venting out of the overflow after I'd parked up in the sun, it wasn't something I was too eager to repeat.
Remember that the fuel coming from underground tank at the filling station will be relatively cold. The coefficient of thermal expansion for petrol is about 0.00095/degC, so if you brim the car (let's say say 40litres), park up immediately after refuelling and the fuel temperature rises by 20C, the increase in volume is .00095x40x20 = 0.76l.
That's three-quarters of a litre, or about a pint & a third - just where do you expect it's going to go?
*Actually I have tried this more than once
My uncle, in the 40c turkish summer, never fills the car up more than half tank. When i asked him why, he said the fuel will just melt away in the sun.
That's three-quarters of a litre, or about a pint & a third - just where do you expect it's going to go?
At the speeds I drive, it'd probably take you an extra day to get there .
I once tried brimming a car* (not a 500). Noticing the amount of fuel venting out of the overflow after I'd parked up in the sun, it wasn't something I was too eager to repeat.
Remember that the fuel coming from underground tank at the filling station will be relatively cold. The coefficient of thermal expansion for petrol is about 0.00095/degC, so if you brim the car (let's say say 40litres), park up immediately after refuelling and the fuel temperature rises by 20C, the increase in volume is .00095x40x20 = 0.76l.
That's three-quarters of a litre, or about a pint & a third - just where do you expect it's going to go?
*Actually I have tried this more than once
Memories, you are taking me back to my oil accountancy days when I work at the oil refinery on Teesside.
Is there any difference in buying your petrol first thing in the morning or later on during the day as regards what you would be getting for your litre ?
Does diesel have the same expansion as petrol ?
Most of the performance testing done on cars is with half tanks and 2 passengers.
FIAT's official fuel consumption testing is done with an eggcupful of fuel by an anorexic dwarf.
Lol!
I immediately had a mental image of a leprechaun, and a brightly-coloured eggcup being emptied into the tank.
Another part of the official test is the tyres pumped up to 100psi, and don't ignore the articulated truck that happens to be driving less than one metre in front.
-Alex