Inaccurate Fuel Pumps

[SauRoNZA]

It evens out, because when you got to the pump, they previous guy's fuel was in the hose and is now inside your tank.

Surely it’s measured at the nozzle and not the start of the hose?

Or the hose is of static length/volume with a vacuum so it’s inconsequential?

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

You are the one making every topic about me buddy, it’s all in your own head. Projection on your part I’m afraid, if you don’t like it there’s an ignore button just for you.

Everyone else is having a perfectly normal discussion while you have your little victim complex in the middle. Get over it.

I’m simply illustrating why this method would be more prone to a calculation problem over simply filling it up.

You are focused on the R450 and not the missing 300ml. Slap yourself and focus

asking for R200, R400 or R1000 must always give you the exact literage to price, you are victim blaming again as you always do.

 

[SauRoNZA]

You are focused on the R450 and not the missing 300ml. Slap yourself and focus

asking for R200, R400 or R1000 must always give you the exact literage to price, you are victim blaming again as you always do.

There are no victims here.

Do everyone a favour and **** right off.

You haven’t brought value to any conversation here, not even once. All you do is moan about everyone and everything else, while bringing nothing to the table.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

There are no victims here.

Do everyone a favour and **** right off.

You haven’t brought value to any conversation here, not even once. All you do is moan about everyone and everything else, while bringing nothing to the table.

I’m curious to find out where the missing 300ml of fuel went to, as everyone else is or should be.

 

[SauRoNZA]

I’m curious to find out where the missing 300ml of fuel went to, as everyone else is or should be.

Nowhere, it’s still in the pump or the hose.

We were trying to understand why, but you kept going off topic so you must have missed it.

 

[LCBXX]

I have reread this, if the pump showed 20.601l dispensed then you should have only paid R443.13, if I understand you correctly?

Correct. The pump showed R450, though.

 

[Neuk_]

Correct. The pump showed R450, though.

In my opinion, the issue has nothing to do with calibration or margin of error, the calculation from the displayed litres of fuel dispensed to money owed based on the price per litre at the time is incorrect. How this happened I have no idea though, it is a straightforward calculation, I have only seen it one cent out at most.

 

[LCBXX]

In my opinion, the issue has nothing to do with calibration or margin of error, the calculation from the displayed litres of fuel dispensed to money owed based on the price per litre at the time is incorrect. How this happened I have no idea though, it is a straightforward calculation, I have only seen it one cent out at most.

What isn't helping is that I don't have a picture or other evidence of this. I piqued my interest since starting to recording my fill-ups and this was the 2nd time noticing it.

I'll take pics and get printouts next time, together with filling up at the same pump in the future.

 

[cr@zydude]

I've been recording my petrol fill-ups for a year or so and on the odd occasion, the cost of the fuel and the litres dispensed are not accurate, with every inaccuracy being less fuel dispensed.

For the most part, the fuel dispensed is accurate.

An example was just now at an Engen: I asked for R450 @ R21.51/L, which should amount to 20.92-litres being dispensed. The reading on the pump showed 20.601-litres. Sure, it's only R7 and an error of 1.5%, for me, but another person filling a 80-litre tank will get fscked out of a lot more than R7.

Anyone else noticing this?

Did you perhaps fill up with 95 octane instead of 93?

20.601 litres of 95 at R21.84/l would cost R450.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

Did you perhaps fill up with 95 octane instead of 93?

20.601 litres of 95 at R21.84/l would cost R450.

Was just going to say this, he filled 95 instead of 93.

 

[Sepeng]

In my opinion, the issue has nothing to do with calibration or margin of error, the calculation from the displayed litres of fuel dispensed to money owed based on the price per litre at the time is incorrect. How this happened I have no idea though, it is a straightforward calculation, I have only seen it one cent out at most.

Yeah I'd agree - if the price is R20 per litre and you pay R100 that pump should say 5 litres; whether you actually receive 5 litres or not is a different story. Let's say they don't want to overill, fine, only give 4.95 litres. But then charge for 4.95 litres and give the client their 20c change or whatever.

OP - did they not give you 95 instead of 93?

 

[LCBXX]

Did you perhaps fill up with 95 octane instead of 93?

20.601 litres of 95 at R21.84/l would cost R450.

Hmm....very good point actually.

Fak.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Hmm....very good point actually.

Fak.

Don’t you have the slip still?

Or is that part of the problem you only realised afterwards?

 

[Sepeng]

Hmm....very good point actually.

Fak.

So basically 4 pages of us with random arguments, when we could have done the maths early doors.
That's about right.

 

[LCBXX]

So basically 4 pages of us with random arguments, when we could have done the maths early doors.
That's about right.

Yup.

But I am a p0es, so one should expect this.

 

[LCBXX]

Don’t you have the slip still?

Or is that part of the problem you only realised afterwards?

No I didn't ask for one.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

So basically 4 pages of us with random arguments, when we could have done the maths early doors.
That's about right.

There’s 300ml in the hose

 

[Neuk_]

But I am a p0es, so one should expect this.

Quoted for posterity