Local petrol station

[Jack.77]

Went in earlier with a 5L can and filled it with standard E10 £1.67 .it can’t take any more than 5L without being overfilled .cost £9.94 , Whenever I put £50 in the car I always thought it was expensive.maybe they have deliberately been overcharging for a while ?

[Earthdweller]

I have one that I use for the lawnmower, it’s a 5L plastic can and it will take almost 6L to fill it

6L would be just over £10

[Scrump]

My 5l can takes over 5l to fill it.

[MattyD803]

Did you keep the receipt to see how much was dispensed? If not, can you check the can volume at home (in due course obviously) to ascertain exactly how much it can actually hold? Petrol pumps are generally very accurately (and usually regularly) calibrated.....where as petrol cans tend to have some 'bunce' in their capacity.

I'll eat my hat, t-shirt and jeans if the pump is 20% out, as you are illuding to....

Edited by MattyD803 on Wednesday 25th May 17:42

[cuprabob]

Surely you can see on the pump display/ receipt that 5.95 litres were dispensed?

As said, a 5l container will take more than 5l to allow for expansion in hot temperatures.

Edited by cuprabob on Wednesday 25th May 17:50

[Jack.77]

cuprabob said:

Surely you can see on the pump display/ receipt that 5.95 litres were dispensed?

As said, a 5l container will take more than 5l to allow for expansion in hot temperatures.

Edited by cuprabob on Wednesday 25th May 17:50

I was in a hurry and not paying much attention .but I don’t ever remember paying that much and often get cans refilled .I might empty the fuel into another can then accurately measure the full volume

[deckster]

Jack.77 said:

cuprabob said:

Surely you can see on the pump display/ receipt that 5.95 litres were dispensed?

As said, a 5l container will take more than 5l to allow for expansion in hot temperatures.

Edited by cuprabob on Wednesday 25th May 17:50

I was in a hurry and not paying much attention .but I don’t ever remember paying that much and often get cans refilled .I might empty the fuel into another can then accurately measure the full volume

I will bet you my firstborn son (he's no trouble, really) that the pump's calibration is significantly better than your jerry can's.

[donkmeister]

Funnily enough, this time 2 years ago my tank used to cost £90 to fill, now it's £125. Weird thing that all the petrol stations are doing the same scam...

[Jack.77]

So I now worked out I got several gallon cans that hold between 5L-6L .the one in question was around 5.8L with the 100ml of oil deducted...the e10 doesn’t run as good /as long in the 2t tools and I’m convinced it’s not doing the old car much good either .it’s got to the point in the car where I’ll now keep an eye on the tyre pressures a lot and not leave much inside to try and improve gas miles .driving in economy mode like it’s an old dears weekly outing .

[anonymous-user]

donkmeister said:

Funnily enough, this time 2 years ago my tank used to cost 90 to fill, now it's 125. Weird thing that all the petrol stations are doing the same scam...

It’s never effected me. I only ever put £25 in.

[Matt_E_Mulsion]

I filled a fuel can this morning with £9.60 worth of unleaded (had a Shell reward to use up). It easily fitted inside my '5L' can. Like others have said - they will hold about six litres in reality.

[Bobupndown]

Was shocked a couple of months back to put £8.50 in a gallon petrol container, quess its even more now. The ride on lawnmower is starting to have high running costs!

[donkmeister]

Matt_E_Mulsion said:

I filled a fuel can this morning with 9.60 worth of unleaded (had a Shell reward to use up). It easily fitted inside my '5L' can. Like others have said - they will hold about six litres in reality.

Am I the only one who checks the pump and only fills the can to its rated capacity instead of brimming it?

[sutoka]

When I worked in a argricultural supply firm years ago people used to return faulty lawnmowers still filled up with petrol. The rule was they all got taken around to the compound and the fuel syphoned out before being allowed inside to be checked out.

Boss at the time used to stick it in his car Now given we got easily 3-4 returns a day I don't think he ever visited a petrol station.

[spitfire-ian]

donkmeister said:

Matt_E_Mulsion said:

I filled a fuel can this morning with 9.60 worth of unleaded (had a Shell reward to use up). It easily fitted inside my '5L' can. Like others have said - they will hold about six litres in reality.

Am I the only one who checks the pump and only fills the can to its rated capacity instead of brimming it?

Depends what it's for.

If it's for the car I get as much in as I can as I'm just going to pour it all in the tank anyway.

If it's for the mower, then I stop after 5l as I don't know how long it's going to be sat around for before I start to use it.

[Drawweight]

I had a 5 litre can that I used to keep diesel as if I ran my van on fumes at the end I could get by with filling it once a week.

This can was always filled to the brim.

Anyway I helped this guy out by putting the contents of the can in his tank and giving him the can to refill.

I was a bit miffed when I got the can back and it wasn't to the brim as previously but he'd obviously just gone by the reading on the pump and put 5 litres into it.

I wasn't going to argue over a few pence worth of fuel (ah those were the days) but lesson learnt.

[Jack.77]

also on this subject with cans .once opened enough times all the good stuff just evaporates and there is hardly any petrol left .A machinery repair shop once thought there was water in the fuel tank i would imagine a metal can releases less of these valuable gases

[Piersman2]

This thread is a piss take, right?

[mattyprice4004]

Jack.77 said:

I was in a hurry and not paying much attention .but I don’t ever remember paying that much and often get cans refilled .I might empty the fuel into another can then accurately measure the full volume

Shocker, fuel is more expensive than it was 3 months ago

[mattyprice4004]

Jack.77 said:

I was in a hurry and not paying much attention .but I don’t ever remember paying that much and often get cans refilled .I might empty the fuel into another can then accurately measure the full volume

Shocker, fuel is more expensive than it was 3 months ago