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Zappo · 22nd March 2006, 18:46

@hrag:
Yes... you are right mostly. Except for one small fly in the ointment. That foam-factor I talked about. If the foam created is more, either because the height of the fuel pipe from the top level of the fuel in the car's tank, the speed at which the fuel is coming out from the piep, or for some other environmental factors the fuel filled may not exactly be what it should have been.

Take this example. After the last tankful suppose I consumed 14 liters of fuel. Now when the second time I fill the tank the foam created causes the auto-cut to jump in at 13 liters... I get a feeling that I consumed only 13 liters for the distance travelled whereas the actual should have been 14 liters. This will also make me feel that my car is more FE than it actually is. And the cycle would continue.

22nd March 2006, 18:46	#4 (permalink)
Zappo Team-BHP Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 2,985	@hrag: Yes... you are right mostly. Except for one small fly in the ointment. That foam-factor I talked about. If the foam created is more, either because the height of the fuel pipe from the top level of the fuel in the car's tank, the speed at which the fuel is coming out from the piep, or for some other environmental factors the fuel filled may not exactly be what it should have been. Take this example. After the last tankful suppose I consumed 14 liters of fuel. Now when the second time I fill the tank the foam created causes the auto-cut to jump in at 13 liters... I get a feeling that I consumed only 13 liters for the distance travelled whereas the actual should have been 14 liters. This will also make me feel that my car is more FE than it actually is. And the cycle would continue. __________________ Announcements are important. Read the Advertising Announcement here. Classifieds section has its rules. Read here.