Filling Up

toyota sucks · May 12, 2011

I'm not an expert in cars but i tough of explaining some facts before u fill up u'r ride.

Experts additives please.

1)It is better to stop filling up when the pump stops rather than filling it to the cap.

(i) Loss of fuel due to evaporation

(ii)To get an accurate kmpl reading

2)It is better to pump more fuel at a time or fill after some one else has use the pump.

(i) The evaporated petrol vapor in the horse after some time is accounted for

3) It is better to keep the tank at at least 1/4 full

(i) to avoid dirty stuff entering.

(ii) to avoid suction of air.

4) Check the octane needed

(i) using 95 unnecessarily is a wast of money.

(ii) if intermediate octanes are needed (eg-oc 91) use extra premium (oct92)

5) using the correct diesel

(i) check the users manual of u'r car

(ii) if u are using an engine oil with api ch or higher super diesel should be used as the normal has higher sulfur.

6) Fuel aditives shouldn't be used in Some vehicles with catalytic converters read the vehicles users manual

Edited May 12, 2011 by toyota sucks

Crosswind · May 15, 2011

On 5/14/2011 at 3:03 PM, virensti said:

yeah I know its not the displacement mate, was wondering about it since obviously for a small engine Suzuki japan would've mapped it to run on the least octane level? Must check up on the stock ECU maps for cars like these.

Tis a Suzuki M13A engine

@virensti: M13A Engine doesn't need Octane 95. Recommended fuel is Octane 90. Pumping 95 will not make any difference except for the dent in your wallet. What u perceived is either a different problem or a purely psychological effect.

(Both my Chevy Cruzes got the M13A engine)

virensti · May 15, 2011

On 5/15/2011 at 1:06 AM, Crosswind said:

@virensti: M13A Engine doesn't need Octane 95. Recommended fuel is Octane 90. Pumping 95 will not make any difference except for the dent in your wallet. What u perceived is either a different problem or a purely psychological effect.

(Both my Chevy Cruzes got the M13A engine)

ok then I guess maybe changing the place we pump from might help.. shall give it a try, and its definitely not psychological mate, there is a difference and the smell is very noticeable, whether it would've perceived even if kept pumping 95 I dunno. shall see what'll happen...

Crosswind · May 15, 2011

On 5/15/2011 at 1:32 AM, virensti said:

ok then I guess maybe changing the place we pump from might help.. shall give it a try, and its definitely not psychological mate, there is a difference and the smell is very noticeable, whether it would've perceived even if kept pumping 95 I dunno. shall see what'll happen...

You could try that and see - try with different vendors like IOC, Ceypetco and Laugfs (Laugfs sells Ceypetco petrol but use pumps imported by themselves). U can mix 95 and 90. It won't hurt your car (if it is rated for 90). 95 has more benzene than 90, that's all. Few months back there was a big discussion about the difference between 90 and 95. Search for it in the forums.

jdnet · May 15, 2011

On 5/14/2011 at 8:17 PM, isurujosh said:

what assurance do we have that what we are being sold here as 90 octane is really that?

in fact i'd be delighted to source a relatively cheap device that might indicate the octane level reliably so that i can better decide on what petrol to buy for my money. does anyone have any experience on the matter?

There are test kits available. The poblem is that they start at $2500. In countries such as the U.S. the gas is tested by the governemnt to check the octane level and people get fined if it's incorrect. Not sure if that happens here.

isurujosh · May 15, 2011

On 5/15/2011 at 7:21 AM, jdnet said:

There are test kits available. The poblem is that they start at $2500. In countries such as the U.S. the gas is tested by the governemnt to check the octane level and people get fined if it's incorrect. Not sure if that happens here.

most liekly it doesn't happen here properly. but i wished there were a cheap device to do the same our selves.

toyota sucks · May 15, 2011

On 5/15/2011 at 7:21 AM, jdnet said:

There are test kits available. The poblem is that they start at $2500. In countries such as the U.S. the gas is tested by the governemnt to check the octane level and people get fined if it's incorrect. Not sure if that happens here.

I also wished this happened in sri lanka I know many vehicles distroyed by the pump

eg- water was added kerosine used for petrol ect..

The only thing we can do is to identify a reliable shed but most people are very much missleaded

As members of this forum we should tell the government to check the quality of fuel at our local pumps

jdnet · May 15, 2011

On 5/15/2011 at 1:27 PM, toyota sucks said:

As members of this forum we should tell the government to check the quality of fuel at our local pumps

I agree. You should write the first letter.

toyota sucks · May 15, 2011

On 5/15/2011 at 1:39 PM, jdnet said:

I agree. You should write the first letter.

If u'd give me u'r real name address and signature i'll write it for u

I good knowledge in microsoft word

nexus · May 15, 2011

On 5/15/2011 at 1:48 PM, toyota sucks said:

If u'd give me u'r real name address and signature i'll write it for u

I good knowledge in microsoft word

JohnGalt · May 16, 2011

On 5/14/2011 at 3:02 PM, jdnet said:

prestone?

No machang, it's BG 44K - http://www.bgprod.com/products/fuelair.html

The Don · May 16, 2011

I remember a forum post by fellow member GTam who suggested a couple of years ago they found the 90 octane to be of better quality than 95 octane. It might help for forum members to advise on some good sheds they know. I have always used the one in Nawala rd nr open university and found it to be quite good.