How do you refill your fuel tank? What is the best practice?

revharder · 15th April 2006, 20:36

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Originally Posted by pramodkumar

most of the cars are tested with full tank of gas, All passengers and luggage in the boot to see the worst case sinario

no.
you are totally wrong here.

i never saw any car under testing to have more than a quarter or half tankful!

passengers and luggage in car while testing??
no way!
passengers are seated in cars just to check the comfort level while the car is stationary.
and luggage is put in just to judge the capabilities of boot!

and cars are not tested to judge the worst case scenario. rather they are tested for best case scenario!
so that buyers can get the best possible informationabout the car.

2fast4u · 17th April 2006, 15:09

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Originally Posted by Technocrat

You burn 75 litres in 2 to 2½ days

Dude which car(I am sure in must be in Abu Dhabi hence asking) & is your work place that far ??

As for me:

Car: Alto LXi
Fuel: Full tank around 29-32 liters each fill

this practise seems good enough

ya ADhabi. Nissan Altima 1992 and doing approx 300 to 370 kms daily Adhabi to dubai thats a MUST cause wife workin in Abu D and me in Dub. so its better if i do the drive part and let the wife relax. btw my timings are cool 7 to 2.00

tsk1979 · 17th April 2006, 15:45

I always do full tank. Infact more than full tank. Fill up the tank preferably on a surface where my car is slightly tilted towards right. Shake shake shake, and fill to the brim

WhiteKnight · 17th April 2006, 15:45

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Originally Posted by 2fast4u

ya ADhabi. Nissan Altima 1992 and doing approx 300 to 370 kms daily Adhabi to dubai thats a MUST cause wife workin in Abu D and me in Dub. so its better if i do the drive part and let the wife relax. btw my timings are cool 7 to 2.00

Amazing.. i must say that you are at the right place..

shuvc · 17th April 2006, 16:09

Always top up till the auto cutoff .. around 40 - 43 litres
Stick to one particular fuel station.
Drive till the needle touches empty, which seems to be around 10litres of reserve for the Baleno.

Duration between top ups - 16-19 days, 450+ kms.

Will it help FE if I try doing the top-ups after 200kms, taking into consideration the losses due to evaporation ?

OT, the fuel needle hits half-way mark at 325ish kms .. then drops the other half in the next 125-150 kms !

rsjaurr · 17th April 2006, 17:24

My car is Getz,GVS model and i fill it full,35-39L from reliance petrol pump always though 4-5 other pumps r nearer to me.

SLK · 17th April 2006, 18:28

I always fillup full tank...

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Originally Posted by revharder

- if someone always want to drag with other similar vehicles on red-lights(!) then to have some better p2w ratio, minimum filling is good!
- similarly, lesser weight means better fuel economy, better handling, etc.

wow... the drivers should join VLCC... it would really help!

naveendhyani · 17th April 2006, 18:33

Car: M800

Always fuel my tank till the auto cutoff is reached. i fill whenever the fuel gauge is at 1/4. i burn the fuel in around 10-12 days time since travel is not much plus the 800 returns a good 16-17 in city and 19+ on highway.

Beeman · 18th April 2006, 12:56

95% of the times i get it full up, can't go through the hassle of going to the pump after every short time..........

souravbasu · 18th April 2006, 14:20

Thanks for all your postings. Following are the facts which has come up in our discussion so far:

So far, from all your replies, it is for sure that filling up the tank to its fullness is the best practise.
1. It might add extra weight to the car but will also add in stability to the car.
2. This would prevent the metallic fuel tank from rusting due to water content in adulterated petrol we get now a days.
3. This would also help in reducing the fuel loss due to evaporation.
4. Also read somewhere that a full tank will keep the fuel injector pump cool, as it will have to work less.
5. Only risk with full tank is that the Car with full tank is more prone to damage by fire in case of accident.

Some other best practices:
1. Always refill when the climate is colder (early morning or late night).
2. Always opt for Auto Cut-off mechanism for refilling tank to FULL (good to measure the FE).
3. Always stick to the same Petrol Pump Station, once you are convinced.that they give better quality petrol.
4. When not using the car so much make sure that the fuel tank is atleast half tank and above (to prevent fuel loss due to evaporation and prevent rusting of metallic fuel tank).

Cheers!
SOURAV

SLK · 18th April 2006, 15:28

@saurabasu: You sure have come to some funny conclusions!

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