Fuel Management: Do you have a car, motorcycle, scooter, bus, truck, three wheeler or any other vehicle? If yes, then you must have knowledge about fuel management? If not, then you should know, otherwise the employees filling oil at the petrol pump will keep fooling you in the name of filling the full tank of oil. In this, their profit and your loss will be more. The thing to note is that if you pour oil in your car up to the fuel lid, your car will start acting up. After this you will be worried and will keep making rounds of the mechanic. It is better that you know about fuel management, so that you do not have to worry.
What is Fuel Management?
Filling oil in the vehicle as per the capacity of the fuel tank is called fuel management. When you buy a car, you get a booklet with it. In this booklet, information is given about fuel management, up to what level you have to fill the fuel tank. If you can’t see it in the booklet, it’s okay. A sticker is also pasted on the fuel tank, on which you are told about the fuel level in the tank. It is said in this that in the name of filling the tank of any vehicle, oil should never be poured till the fuel lid. Doing this may cause damage to your vehicle.
What is fuel lid?
Actually, the lid or cap fitted on the fuel tank is called fuel lid. Vehicle manufacturing companies always direct that oil should be poured into the tank below the fuel lid. The fuel lid is designed in such a way that the oil does not leak out when the vehicle passes through rough roads or when the vehicle tilts sideways. This cap tightens the mouth of the tank in a way. When you open it to pour oil, you have to apply force.
How much oil should be filled in the fuel tank?
The fuel tank has its own capacity to fill oil in the vehicles. The capacity of fuel tanks of different types of vehicles is different. The capacity of fuel tank in small vehicles is 10 to 15 litres. As the size of vehicles increases, the capacity of their fuel tank also increases. Let us tell you that the car manufacturing companies tell in their manuals up to which mark you have to fill the oil. Companies provide more space than the fuel tank capacity. This happens in almost all types of vehicles, but companies protect the driver and passengers by setting limits.
Disadvantages of filling excess oil in the fuel tank
If you pour more oil than the capacity of the fuel tank, the risk of damage to your vehicle as well as to the driver and passenger increases. Generally, after pouring oil inside the fuel tank, its level increases due to increase in temperature. Petrol and diesel start spreading in the fuel tank. If there is no space in the tank, the fuel pump gets affected and your vehicle starts leaking. Besides this, it also affects the engine. At the same time, if fuel leaks from the vehicle, the risk of fire in the vehicle also increases, because due to the fuel pressure coming out of the tank, there is stress on the engine and the risk of damage to the vehicle increases.
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