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Re: Another fuel saving idea...

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Subject: Re: Another fuel saving idea...
From: "Timothy R. Hoerning" <hoerni@cooper.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:27:02 -0500 (EST)

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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Nolan Penney wrote:

> It's roughly akin to not parking your car out in the blazing sun, but
> keeping it in the shade.  You will lose less gasoline that way.  This
> was especially true back in the days of the vented gas cap and no
> charcoal canisters.

        Still easy to demonstrate with a motorcycle.  Put cold fuel in in the
morning and watch it leak out the tank vent when that big hunk o' metal is
sitting in the sun.

        My high school chemistry teacher used to advocate filling up when it's
cool.  Although looking back, I'd swear half the stories he told were a
joke he was playing on us.


                Tim
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'87 Chevy El Camino,  '90 Plymouth Laser
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