You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Their efforts at familiarity are pretty comical.

“So how are the kids doing? Is…[looks at screen] Lisa still in gymnastics?”

I imagine they are paid well but it can't be a great job to jump out of bed and get excited about everyday to poke and scrap around people's mouths (some of them nasty) and being exposed to patient saliva and other fluids. They really do all the grunt work for the dentists and I suppose conversation may at least add something to the crappiness of the job.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Muta

Agreed, and the tune is annoyingly catchy. Although with the Shell app, it's nice to pull up next to a pump and then from without getting out of your car, select the pump # and then just get out and start filling up without having to touch the screen at all. Your AMA discount and Air Miles # are already in the app. This is really handy in the winter when it's freezing cold.

Paying through the app+ the AMA discount+ Top Tier gas is enough for me to use Shell almost exclusively.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

(* up to 75 liters)

If you want to fill up your large truck or SUV, you're doing the purchase and fill-up cycle twice.

I have neither; I’m not a typical Albertan.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

I have neither; I’m not a typical Albertan.

You're not like other girls

[RichieRich]

Stoney trail vehicles without any lights on... 15mins driving and saw half dozen "ninja" vehicles, and got stuck behind one vehicle merging into higher speed traffic by SLOWING DOWN and then brake checking me when I got too close (because apparently you're not supposed to speed up to merge with faster traffic??? ). Baaaaah I'm surrounded by strugglers.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

(* up to 75 liters)

If you want to fill up your large truck or SUV, you're doing the purchase and fill-up cycle twice.

My small car and my big SUV are both roughly 85 litre fuel tanks.

Frankly, I them up well before I would need to put a full 75 litres in anyway. You shouldn't let your tank get down to the warning lamp illuminating anyway.

[you&me]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

My small car and my big SUV are both roughly 85 litre fuel tanks.

Frankly, I them up well before I would need to put a full 75 litres in anyway. You shouldn't let your tank get down to the warning lamp illuminating anyway.

I have a wife, so that's not an option... I've never heard this - what's the reasoning? Wear on the fuel pump?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by you&me

I have a wife, so that's not an option... I've never heard this - what's the reasoning? Wear on the fuel pump?

Fuel pumps are cooled by the fuel in the tank. Running low all the time means the pump doesn't have as good of cooling, and can burn them out.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

You shouldn't let your tank get down to the warning lamp illuminating anyway.

Do you have kids that drive........

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Do you have kids that drive........

When I was a kid, I rarely let the tank go below half for my parents vehicles. My AMA instructor told me to do it. I never knew why, but I wonder if it's because of what Fuzz had mentioned about the cooling of the fuel pump.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Do you have kids that drive........

The cat refuses to take his road test if they won't let him play Frédéric Chopin on full blast over the stereo while he drives.

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Fuel pumps are cooled by the fuel in the tank. Running low all the time means the pump doesn't have as good of cooling, and can burn them out.

To add to that, the pump's placement within the fuel tank means that a low fuel level can result in the pump taking in air when the fuel level is low, which will also generate heat within the pump.

Avoiding the sediment in the bottom of the tank was the usual justification when fuel tanks were made of metal, but it's far less of a concern these days since plastic fuel tanks don't corrode. Even then, it still helps keep the fuel filter free of debris picked up by the pump should there be any present.

Lastly, it's just a more practical way of keeping the vehicle running. It's why I fill the washer fluid reservoir when I first see the 'low' indicator first come on instead of putting it off until later. If I keep pushing it, eventually I'll run out of fluid when I actually need it or when it's inconvenient to re-fill.

[Fuzz]

I always push the washer fluid level low(it's a game!), in the faint hope I can actually get a full jug in. If I jump on it at the first illumination of the light, It's not gonna happen.

[cam_calderon]

TorqueDog or Fuzz, maybe you can help me with something that's got me scratching my head. According to every online source I can find, my car's fuel tank can hold 75 litres. Yet recently I was filling up when I was extremely low on fuel, and the pump clicked at around 55 litres. What gives?

[Fuzz]

Does your fuel gauge read full after? If not, it could be something blocking the breather tube prematurely tripping the pump shutoff. Might want to Google your vehicle with the problem to see if it is something common to it.


If it reads full, well, perhaps you got the tiny tank option...?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

When I was a kid, I rarely let the tank go below half for my parents vehicles. My AMA instructor told me to do it. I never knew why, but I wonder if it's because of what Fuzz had mentioned about the cooling of the fuel pump.

it's like a bloody contest to see how can leave it with the least amount of gas, and worst of all my wife seems to have joined the game

[topfiverecords]

[mrkajz44]

I have a hard time believing that the amount of gas in the tank has any real impact on the long term life of any component in my car.

Don't people just fill up and run it until the warning light comes on and then go get gas? That's my system 95% of the time unless I'm planning some sort of extended trip.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

My small car and my big SUV are both roughly 85 litre fuel tanks.

Frankly, I them up well before I would need to put a full 75 litres in anyway. You shouldn't let your tank get down to the warning lamp illuminating anyway.

Oh look at money bags over here. My gas budget is like my other budgets, the moneys gone as it comes in. I can’t be luxury tank filling. Plus I need the bonus kilometer I get running on half tank or less in weight savings…

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

TorqueDog or Fuzz, maybe you can help me with something that's got me scratching my head. According to every online source I can find, my car's fuel tank can hold 75 litres. Yet recently I was filling up when I was extremely low on fuel, and the pump clicked at around 55 litres. What gives?

Depends on the vehicle, but the reserve capacity of a fuel tank is between 10-15% of the overall tank size. Your tank might have a reserve level of around 11.25 litres, which would be within a margin of error where your numbers were in this case.

[cam_calderon]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Does your fuel gauge read full after? If not, it could be something blocking the breather tube prematurely tripping the pump shutoff. Might want to Google your vehicle with the problem to see if it is something common to it.


If it reads full, well, perhaps you got the tiny tank option...?

Yep, goes all the way to full. I'll keep googling to see if I can find out what it is.