Date:         Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:04:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
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From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
Subject:      Re: too much propane?
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At 4/2/02 09:19 PM, you wrote:

>>  In the future, I will have to tell propane person to just fill it
>>until liquid comes out the bleeder?
>
>They're *supposed* to know that.  However, they probably are expecting a
>much larger tank and it catches them by surprise -- so you have to make
>sure they open the bleed *before* starting the fill, and are ready to stop
>instantly when they see liquid.  Warn them that it will be only three
>gallons at absolute most.


Yeah, I believe propane man thought the van was powered by propane.  He
asked me to check the gauge to see if it was filling.  I said it had no
gauge.  He asked how I knew it was low.  I told him it was empty.  He was
surprised that it only took 3 gallons.  The bleed was not open, and the
pump was running, and I'm sure it just crammed all it could in there.  Then
after I paid the other guy the $5, I was leaving, and he asked how many mpg
it got.  I told him about 17.  Then as I was climbing in to leave, he said
something about it being better than a gas engine or something.  Only then
did I figure out what he thought.

Thanks for the input.

Edward