Pumped 75 litres into a 65-litre capacity fuel tank

[Nutty]

Reported on the Chinese evening papers tonight.

 

One uncle drove his Toyota Estima to a petrol station in Yishun.

 

The receipt showed that 75 litres of petrol was pumped into the 65-litre capacity fuel tank. How could that have happen?

 

 

 

Sometimes, it's good to check your receipt.

[Jonbummer]

did they mentioned which petrol station (brand)?

is it a mistake (honest mistake? )

 

or that we all have been cheated of our hardearned

$$$ ?

 

 

sorry, so many qnns cos no Chinese papers..

[Coolbreeze90]

cld it be that the manual states that there is a 65l cap but never state the spare space??

 

Dunno leh... remember i read somewhere in the forum that all petrol tanks have about 5l extra from the max line on the petrol meter??

 

I am puzzled too....

[Nutty]

The report never mention which brand.

 

But there is a picture of the receipts.

 

One thing that I can confirm. It's not the "E" brand of petrol.

[Nutty]

http://www.sgcarmart.com/new_cars/10007_sp1.php

 

Toyota Estima's specs say the fuel tank is 65 litre.

[Ccssgm]

Is the Petrol Station.........Meter Problem ?.......Overcharge.....

[Nutty]

Got a few possibilities

 

- calibration out

- billing system glitch

[Ccssgm]

If Overcharge........How To Claims ?........

[Nine_eleven]

maybe the extra 10 litres is on the petrol kiosk floor??

[Flameevil]

i tink got extra space... that guy self pwned... when i pump full the needle always go all the way up beyond the top line

[Renotrafic]

ok my story... my van 90 litres. last time I let those urker pump for me so they pump n pump a... not full pump somemore aaa.. not full pump untill 100 plus litres...

 

so I very sotong though wow my fuel tank so big ah... untill one day one pump attn told me every time after I move off e pump there will be a big pool of diesel on e floor

 

so now I will pump myself, once auto stop dun pump anymore or else ur $$$ will be all over e floor..

[Nutty]

DArn... I'll take note of this in the future.

[Kwchan]

damn...just checked my receipt and the attendant actually pumped 59+ L in my 60L tank!

 

the orange light just turn on today, so i am expecting about 3-4L left inside

 

as usually i pump full only 55-56L, how can today can pump 59+L!

[Passion]

sure a not?Then i always over pump.Then the money rolling on the floor?got your msg.Don't over pump.But is there a gap for overflowing of petrol?

[Icy2fire]

actually on 28 Feb, I went to pump full tank even though I travelled only around 90km since my full tank in jb and they pumped in 11plus litre.

this works out to less than 8km per litre....much lower than my average of 10.5-11km/litre

was wondering whether the fuel meter was not accurate as i was expecting to pump only 9litres max......

[Tploh]

Similar cases were reported in Hong Kong newspaper too. The chain involved ( Exxo ), apologized that their measurement instrument in the petrol guns were not accurate.

 

So, drivers beware.

[Icy2fire]

damn...i hope it's not true as i pumped at that company

as singapore attendances do not pump to the brim, i was expecting around 6-7l only...when i saw 11+ litres, i thought that maybe the attendance help me save money by filling to the brim but even so...i shd be able to squeeze in only around 8-9l

[Kb27]

Maybe the Toyota driver paid for someone else's pump.

I always check the litres pump vs the receipt.