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  • madhav krishna
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    Originally posted by GP_freak View Post
    Actually, you are wrong and only the opposite is true. If you want less evoporative losses, fill tank full.

    More empty the tank is, more space for the petrol to evoporate and get collected and vice versa.

    Above a certain vapour pressure, the evoporation stops and both the pertol and pertrol vapor try to attain equilibrium. Since vapours are compressible, when the tank is near empty, more amount of vapors are required to move towards the vapour-liquid equilibrium(hence more evoporation), where as, if its full tank, then very little space for the vapours to get collected, hence it tries to attain the equilibrium point sooner and hence very less evoporative losses.

    Many do not get the logic behind this.
    dont u think tat the keyhole in the tank cap is enough for the evaporated petrol to escape??

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  • ksatish
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    Ohh Man this is not good; we are paying for the right fuel...

    I also some time blame my bike and some time the city traffic..

    I stated filling from a now petrol bunk now.. hope the lady vendor is not cheating..

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  • madhav krishna
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    thnxx for the information

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  • GP_freak
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    Originally posted by madhav krishna View Post
    but dude if u buy the petrol in large quantities in a single time wouldnt the petrol evaporate & create a loss???
    i would always fill in my bike at rs.100 petrol bcoz the petrol would vaporize easily if i buy petrol in large quantities & it would be a waste of money.

    plz shed some light on it...
    Actually, you are wrong and only the opposite is true. If you want less evoporative losses, fill tank full.

    More empty the tank is, more space for the petrol to evoporate and get collected and vice versa.

    Above a certain vapour pressure, the evoporation stops and both the pertol and pertrol vapor try to attain equilibrium. Since vapours are compressible, when the tank is near empty, more amount of vapors are required to move towards the vapour-liquid equilibrium(hence more evoporation), where as, if its full tank, then very little space for the vapours to get collected, hence it tries to attain the equilibrium point sooner and hence very less evoporative losses.

    Many do not get the logic behind this.

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  • MSN1
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    Solution # 1

    Originally posted by road_ripper View Post
    I'm planning to buy a 5 liter can and fill it up in a bunk every weekend and fill my bike.. these days all the bunks are cheating no matter what shell or HP, recently I filled at the IOC bunk near MG road for 500 bucks and it hit reserve at just 260kms that makes it less than 30 kmpl which my bike has never returned in life time, I most of the time fill at HP and they are ok kinda.. I get more than 43 when i fill at hp.
    The only thing i follow is i keep an eye on the meter no matter what..
    the trick they have is on the way they handle the petrol guns release button for bottle fills they release it slowly so you will get correct quantity

    Buy a two liter can (available at any general grocery shop or wholesale shops for just 10 to 15 rupees because the pepsi and coke bottles have small mouth petrol will spill out) go and fill two liter on the can, petrol bunk person knows its a two liter can and if it didn't get filled up then the customer will complaint moreover u can see it wither its full or not

    after that go home take a half liter pepsi, fanta or coke bottle just cut the extreme back end of the bottle use it like a funnel and pass the petrol to your bike

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  • satan69in
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    Guys...all of you be careful with kairathabad BP bunk....i asked him to fill up 5 liters in my car...i also had to put in some liquid...so he poured in 1 liter and i put in the liquid...and i also observed that he started the meter reading from that 1 liter...meanwhile the other guy was pestering me wether it was cash or card but i dint bother seeing him..after 4 liters he was seeing me and saying "all ok" and i said u started from 1liter na,so plz continue...the other guy i think maybe the head of the bunk was like telling him to fill up...and he did...

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  • harshit.d
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    Originally posted by sumit.pannalall View Post
    As told by Darkknight, I have seen only one bunk with the "density display" for the products and that is the India Garage (BPCL). This is situated right next to the "Jewels de Paragon" building near MG Road. There is a drive in McDonalds within the bunk premises.
    I go there for Speed 97.
    I would recommend this one and the Shell Petrol bunk on Lavelle Road.
    Try the Shell and another petrol pump near Sony World in Koramangla. Its opposite to where there was Yo China or there is Legends of Rock. It had display for density and is company owned and company operated as well.

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  • Zerios
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    Shell Locator

    Seems like lots of people have had positive experiences with Shell..
    Thought this might come in handy..

    Shell Station Locator

    It seems like a good idea to fill petrol in cans too, if u have to use other pumps.

    IMHO, the guys who conducted the "Sting" Operation should not have confronted the Bunk guys when it turned out they were cheating. They should have instead, made a list of all the bunks that cheated, and then made the list public.
    No point tryin to scare the small guys who're working for a pittance. that's not gonna change anything. The company can try and save face by firing them.
    If it turns out, however, that the same thing is going on in multiple outlets, the blame falls on the higher officials.

    Kudos to the "Stingers" though, for publicizing this. Some of us suspected this was happening, but it's nice to see it confirmed.

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  • madhav krishna
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    Originally posted by road_ripper View Post
    I'm planning to buy a 5 liter can and fill it up in a bunk every weekend and fill my bike.. these days all the bunks are cheating no matter what shell or HP, recently I filled at the IOC bunk near MG road for 500 bucks and it hit reserve at just 260kms that makes it less than 30 kmpl which my bike has never returned in life time, I most of the time fill at HP and they are ok kinda.. I get more than 43 when i fill at hp.
    The only thing i follow is i keep an eye on the meter no matter what..
    but dude if u buy the petrol in large quantities in a single time wouldnt the petrol evaporate & create a loss???
    i would always fill in my bike at rs.100 petrol bcoz the petrol would vaporize easily if i buy petrol in large quantities & it would be a waste of money.

    plz shed some light on it...

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  • manan3230
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    Guys
    i have seen hoarding of quantity test of minimum 5liter's on can at Hp & Bp bunks [mumbai]

    i am wondering would that 5liter be genuine

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  • road_ripper
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    I'm planning to buy a 5 liter can and fill it up in a bunk every weekend and fill my bike.. these days all the bunks are cheating no matter what shell or HP, recently I filled at the IOC bunk near MG road for 500 bucks and it hit reserve at just 260kms that makes it less than 30 kmpl which my bike has never returned in life time, I most of the time fill at HP and they are ok kinda.. I get more than 43 when i fill at hp.
    The only thing i follow is i keep an eye on the meter no matter what..

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  • srini
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    some news here...i see that petrol elsewhere(atleast the route in which i travel everyday)costs 54.26 rs....but in a hp bunk along bg road(hulimavu),they sell fuel at 53.odd rs...is this happening anywhere else in blore?...

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  • buggy
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    hey guys this happened a couple of days ago it wasent right but it kinda felt like a payback here goes-- i asked the guy fillin the fuel to fill her up for 500 the cashier was standin a little further as it was crowded then i rode near him and for some reason instead of sayin 500 i said 200(thats the usual amt i fill for ) in kannada and give him 500 bucks note he asks the guy fillin fuel, 200aaa in kannada then he turns back to me and he gives me back 300 bucks (200 and 500 kinda sound the same in kannada) and am off from the bunk dint realize until a couple of moments l8r lolz it felt great though

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  • diffuser911
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    I found Shell trustworthy during my short stay at Bangalore. IOC at Silk Board junction are guaranteed thieves, take it from me.

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  • HydBiker
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    The attention diverting thing is very common. Pretty rampant at some pumps in Hyderabad. I generally do tank full. Otherwise I make them set to the value needed before I open my tank cap.

    Though not completely foolproof, it works most of the times unless I get distracted.

    This has been the topic of discussion among some of us offline. I generally lookout for COCO pumps or AP Civil Supplies pumps. If the COCO pumps are old I try to avoid them due the possibility of water seepage into the tanks.

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