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Neo

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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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14th Feb 11 at 13:23

Just went to the BP I go to twice a week to fill up, light came on about 30 miles ago, decided to brim it, rarely do anymore. Car has a 41L tank....I just managed to put 47 litre's in it

I have never been able to get more than 42/43 in before.

I mentioned it to the guy and he said they had recently been calibrated, but I can't work out how I could get an extra 6 litres on top of the litre or 2 that was still in there ?

Worth looking into further ? I have probably bought 300 litres there in the last 4 or 5 weeks, and potentially if every time I went there it was as out as it has been today then thats nearly £40 worth of fuel I bought but never recieved

alan-g-w

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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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14th Feb 11 at 13:29

Maybe worth getting a fuel can, stick a fiver in it and compare the actual volume to the claimed volume on the pump?

mike56gte

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Location: Fife, scotland Drives: Audi S3
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14th Feb 11 at 13:30

quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
Maybe worth getting a fuel can, stick a fiver in it and compare the actual volume to the claimed volume on the pump?

that sounds like the best idea tbh

Neo

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14th Feb 11 at 13:31

Will have to give it a go next time I go down there

alan-g-w

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14th Feb 11 at 13:33

Either that or phone the council up Mike, the fact that it's bound to be the best part of a tenner more each time makes it worth the hassle.

Tom

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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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14th Feb 11 at 13:33

I often wonder about this, it;s bad enough if you get what you pay for at the moment!

Bueno

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Registered: 23rd Jun 10
Location: Emmer Green, Berkshire
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14th Feb 11 at 13:33

Imagine if this was hapening to EVERY ONE in the UK!

Matt L

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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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14th Feb 11 at 13:34

does your tank not have abilty to be vented? maybe you have knocked the valve and bin able to stick more in?

mines got one can get a shed load more in if i keep venting it.

Neo

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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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14th Feb 11 at 13:36

quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
Either that or phone the council up Mike, the fact that it's bound to be the best part of a tenner more each time makes it worth the hassle.

Reckon its the council

I've got my reciept and will give citroen a call to try and find out the exact size + any reserve tank etc. Its just the fact I have never managed anywhere near that before from completely empty.

Neo

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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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14th Feb 11 at 13:36

quote:
Originally posted by Matt L
does your tank not have abilty to be vented? maybe you have knocked the valve and bin able to stick more in?

mines got one can get a shed load more in if i keep venting it.

Don't think so Matt, I remember you telling me and I went on a hunt to try and find a way to do it.

Sam

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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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14th Feb 11 at 13:37

I'm not saying anything!

Matt L

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14th Feb 11 at 13:38

i recon if they had set it up to give you 'more fuel' then youd make a killing with the papers i imagine

im sure theyd have a field day with it

Neo

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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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14th Feb 11 at 13:41

Will have to go down with a Jerry can as alan says and see exactly.

Sam, everytime i fill up and it goes a notch over after I put it down I think of you

Lynny

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Registered: 3rd Jan 03
Location: oop north! Where people talk properly
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14th Feb 11 at 13:41

Isn't this to do with the temperature of the fuel in the pumps? The warmer it is the more it expands etc? You're actually getting less than you think as it cools in your tank

Ant

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Registered: 12th May 02
Location: Hereford and Worcester
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14th Feb 11 at 13:42

Very unusual for a pump be out, always get a few litres in the fuel lines and filler pipe

Steve

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14th Feb 11 at 13:43

it would have given him less fuel though. Or rather charged him more for the same amount

Lynny

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14th Feb 11 at 13:44

I appear to have misread the first post, I'll shush

pow

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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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14th Feb 11 at 13:45

Temperature does have a little to do with it but not 6 litres worth. Mike, you car will have a 45 litre tank and the fillers can take up to 1 or 2 litres, I often get 47 litres in the MiTo

Neo

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Registered: 20th Feb 07
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14th Feb 11 at 13:47

quote:
Originally posted by pow
Temperature does have a little to do with it but not 6 litres worth. Mike, you car will have a 45 litre tank and the fillers can take up to 1 or 2 litres, I often get 47 litres in the MiTo

According to the handbook it has a 41 litre tank. I'll go by that. Plus in the 2 and a half years of owning it I have never even got 45 litres in it let alone 47

[Edited on 14-02-2011 by Neo]

pow

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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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14th Feb 11 at 13:49

Fair enough. Happy Valentines school wifey x

Neo

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14th Feb 11 at 13:51

quote:
Originally posted by pow
Fair enough. Happy Valentines school wifey x

You are such a plum dave

pow

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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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14th Feb 11 at 13:53

I like plums

Nismo

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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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14th Feb 11 at 14:06

Our local Tescos a little while ago where charging 30p a litre but didnt know, there tills fucked up but it took them a day to notice, they couldn't figure out why people where queuing round the block for fuel! word of mouth spread it round the town in no time till some dick filled up his 2 cars then told staff why it was so busy

helmet

Ian

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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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14th Feb 11 at 14:09

Take a Jerry can, weigh it, note that weight.

Fill it with 20 litres of fuel indicated.

Weigh it again. Subtract the tare weight of the can.

20 litres should weigh 14.74kg

If it weighs less than that, you've been had.

If you want to know exactly how much you bought, take the weight of fuel that you ended up with and multiply it by 1.357

That will give you the number of litres for that weight.

adiohead

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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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14th Feb 11 at 14:11

If it's any less then use it to burn down the petrol station.

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