During the cold season, Anton told me to fill it up whenever it gets to about half a tank because he said you don't want your gas tank too empty when it's cold out. Since I grew up in lands of year round warmth, I take his word for it, although it varies depending on how cold and windy it is outside when I get close to half a tank. During the warmer months I tend to fill it up at around 1/4 tank, because I'm paranoid.
To be fair, that's sound advice, but not current. It used to be that you worried about the gas in your tank freezing, but with all the additives in gas these days it's not a problem (I believe antifreeze is one of the additives). It's more likely that gas would freeze in a pipe than the tank anyway, and that could theoretically happen no matter how full the tank is.
I grew up with "your gas tank could freeze" so I am used to filling it at 1/4 tank. Interestingly, my parents grew up in Israel, so I have no idea where they heard that adage. anyway, I found it's nice to not have to *worry* about filling the tank, so filling it at 1/4 means that I don't start the car to rush off somewhere and find i have no gas.
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Date: 2011-03-07 08:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-08 01:50 pm (UTC)I grew up with "your gas tank could freeze" so I am used to filling it at 1/4 tank. Interestingly, my parents grew up in Israel, so I have no idea where they heard that adage. anyway, I found it's nice to not have to *worry* about filling the tank, so filling it at 1/4 means that I don't start the car to rush off somewhere and find i have no gas.