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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / March 2009Any petrol pump has a calibrated & transparent tank, to show buyer qty sold ?
In Pg ( Msia ) 2 stations' pumps gave me less qty than what I pay for, per my fuel gauge. Most stations' pumps can give correct qty only if 1 can pump very slowly i.e. if the pump / its owner allows. 1 station has a pump which lets 1 pump slowly & get slightly > correct qty, but another pump does not allow slow pumping i.e. gives < correct qty. Ideal is a pump with a calibrated & transparent tube / tank, so buyer can see that he will get correct qty, before he pipes this qty into his car's fuel tank. Then any adulteration can be visible too : [i] I read 1 station owner put diesel into petrol tank by mistake, 10 customers then pumped diesel into their cars which then stalled after leaving this station. [ii] in 3-94 & 12- 01 I got adulterated petrol ( noise rose, torque dropped ). How govnmnts can let oil companies sell petrol w-o any compulsorily transparent tube / tank, amazes me. | Most stations' pumps can give | correct qty only if 1 can pump very slowly When govnmnt checks these pumps' accuracies, their owners will pump very slowly to get correct quantities, but most consumers have no time / knowledge to do this, so the short falls are kept by station owners ; vapourised ( from fast pumping ) petrol is piped back to storage tanks, I read. My ISP's news server has no post during 27-2-09 to 4-3-09 for this NG, so if any1 posted to this thread, pls re-post. | Most stations' pumps can give | correct qty only if 1 can pump very slowly When govnmnt checks these pumps' accuracies, their owners will pump very slowly to get correct quantities, but most consumers have no time / knowledge to do this, so the short falls are kept by station owners ; vapourised ( from fast pumping ) petrol is piped back to storage tanks, I read. My ISP's news server has no post during 27-2-09 to 4-3-09 for this NG, so if any1 posted to this thread, pls re-post. |
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