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Originally Posted by dieselnut14
Oh, bye the way, has anyone heard of getting hot fuel at the pump, When in Roswell I filled up for the drive north at a conaco and when I was pumping the fuel I could feel that the nozzel was warm to the touch, I did have a thermometer with me and the fuel measured about 75 degs. I have read about this before thru a friends trucking magazine, and it appears this is a topic of concern for all of us diesel owners, fuel is to be served at 60 degF, any warmer and the consumer is getting ripped off and the big boys continue to get fatter. Also your milage will go down because you are not getting the btu you need, the 60 deg. fuel is supposed to expand in your tank, not the wallets of the oil co's, any thoughts, I would like to persue the topic of hot fuel.
Thanks
Peter
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Some oil companies here are known to get oil up to about 150 degrees and deliver it hot. They deliver a gallon of fuel at 150 degrees, and, after it cools down a bit, the result is slightly less than one gallon.
I never figured out how they managed to pay for the heat required to raise the temperature of the fuel.......it will more than offset the savings generated by ripping off the customer.