rwolff
Veteran Member
Stories when filling up at \"gasoline station\"
Didn't happen at a gasoline station (saw it on the road in Markham, Ontario), but someone is asking for trouble.
A yellow Nissan Xterra had quite a few "decorative" stickers (my favourite was one on the bumper, with upside-down writing "If you can read this, roll me over"). The relevant one was on his fuel filler door - a radiation symbol, along with the wording "Jet fuel only".
I can just imagine him taking a trip through New Jersey (Oregon is a bit too far), and having one of the following happen to him:
1. Attendant refuses to fill his vehicle, since it's clearly labelled as needing a grade of fuel the station doesn't sell.
2. Attendant knows a bit about fuel chemistry, and figures "K1 kerosene is pretty much the same thing as Jet A" (or, if the station doesn't have kerosene) "It's not going to get cold enough for the higher gel point of #2 diesel to matter, and it's the closest we've got".
3. Attendant (off-brand station only) has heard his boss gloating over getting a good deal on the latest batch of kerosene because it was Jet A that, being "sump fuel", would ordinarily have to be disposed of as hazardous waste. Knowing this, he dutifully fills the Xterra with kerosene, since the "kerosene" the station has in its tanks is actually jet fuel - what the label on the fuel door says the vehicle needs.
Didn't happen at a gasoline station (saw it on the road in Markham, Ontario), but someone is asking for trouble.
A yellow Nissan Xterra had quite a few "decorative" stickers (my favourite was one on the bumper, with upside-down writing "If you can read this, roll me over"). The relevant one was on his fuel filler door - a radiation symbol, along with the wording "Jet fuel only".
I can just imagine him taking a trip through New Jersey (Oregon is a bit too far), and having one of the following happen to him:
1. Attendant refuses to fill his vehicle, since it's clearly labelled as needing a grade of fuel the station doesn't sell.
2. Attendant knows a bit about fuel chemistry, and figures "K1 kerosene is pretty much the same thing as Jet A" (or, if the station doesn't have kerosene) "It's not going to get cold enough for the higher gel point of #2 diesel to matter, and it's the closest we've got".
3. Attendant (off-brand station only) has heard his boss gloating over getting a good deal on the latest batch of kerosene because it was Jet A that, being "sump fuel", would ordinarily have to be disposed of as hazardous waste. Knowing this, he dutifully fills the Xterra with kerosene, since the "kerosene" the station has in its tanks is actually jet fuel - what the label on the fuel door says the vehicle needs.