I noticed lately that my mileage in the car has dropped significantly.
Yesterday I filled up the propane tank in the car, it was about 3/4 empty at the time.
Today there was a problem and the engine quit.
My thoughts were that there was too much air in the tank and it was possibly a vapor lock.
So, with a "Full" tank I decided to let some of the air out until I saw the familiar freezing mist of propane. That mist NEVER occurred. I then realized that the same familiar mist had not been happening as much when the attendant removed the nozzle after filling the tank (I always get a complete fill-up).
Also the"air" escaping from the tank was no longer super cold, it was chilly but not the normal freeze your hands off cold. And this was from a full tank of propane. The fuel gage dropped significantly and yet the escaping "fuel" still was not the freezing cloud of propane.
Upon returning home, I tested my recently filled 12 gallon(?) spare tank used for the stove. (I like being prepared for propane running out). Same thing, no propane mist, only chilly, not freezing as it normally would be. The car and spare tank were filled at different propane stations. I do not know if the propane stations were the same brand or not. My mechanic was test driving the car after doing some repairs and I told him we were running low on fuel, so we went to a station near his shop.
Even the valves on the tanks were not very cold, which are usually extremely cold when this operation is performed.
Why would the escaping pressure not be freezing cold as usual?
With a full tank, the escaping propane should have been freezing cold pretty much immediately.
Are we being ripped off at the pumps or is there another explanation?
Yesterday I filled up the propane tank in the car, it was about 3/4 empty at the time.
Today there was a problem and the engine quit.
My thoughts were that there was too much air in the tank and it was possibly a vapor lock.
So, with a "Full" tank I decided to let some of the air out until I saw the familiar freezing mist of propane. That mist NEVER occurred. I then realized that the same familiar mist had not been happening as much when the attendant removed the nozzle after filling the tank (I always get a complete fill-up).
Also the"air" escaping from the tank was no longer super cold, it was chilly but not the normal freeze your hands off cold. And this was from a full tank of propane. The fuel gage dropped significantly and yet the escaping "fuel" still was not the freezing cloud of propane.
Upon returning home, I tested my recently filled 12 gallon(?) spare tank used for the stove. (I like being prepared for propane running out). Same thing, no propane mist, only chilly, not freezing as it normally would be. The car and spare tank were filled at different propane stations. I do not know if the propane stations were the same brand or not. My mechanic was test driving the car after doing some repairs and I told him we were running low on fuel, so we went to a station near his shop.
Even the valves on the tanks were not very cold, which are usually extremely cold when this operation is performed.
Why would the escaping pressure not be freezing cold as usual?
With a full tank, the escaping propane should have been freezing cold pretty much immediately.
Are we being ripped off at the pumps or is there another explanation?