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Fact Check: Indian Oil Has NOT Issued Any Warning Against Filling The Fuel Tank To Full Capacity

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A post surfaced on internet claiming that Indian Oil has issued an advisory not to fill the fuel tanks of vehicles to the maximum limit, as it may lead to an explosion due to rising heat.

The notice reads: ইন্ডিয়ান অয়েল সতর্ক করেছে ইন্ডিয়ান অয়েল আগামী দিনে তাপমাত্রা বাড়তে চলেছে, তাই সর্বোচ্চ সীমা পর্যন্ত আপনার গাড়িতে পেট্রোল ভরবেন না। এটি জ্বালানী ট্যাঙ্কে বিস্ফোরণ ঘটাতে পারে। অনুগ্রহ করে আপনার গাড়ির অর্ধেক জ্বালানী ট্যাঙ্ক পূরণ করুন এবং বাতাসের জন্য জায়গা রাখুন। সর্বোচ্চ পেট্রোল ভরার কারণে চলতি সপ্তাহে ৫টি বিস্ফোরণের ঘটনা ঘটেছে। অনুগ্রহ করে দিনে একবার পেট্রোল ট্যাঙ্ক খুলুন এবং ভিতরে তৈরি গ্যাসটি বেরিয়ে আসতে দিন। দ্রষ্টব্য: আপনার পরিবারের সদস্যদের এবং অন্য সবাইকে এই বার্তাটি পাঠান, যাতে লোকেরা এই দুর্ঘটনা এড়াতে পারে। ধন্যবাদ (English translation: Indian Oil has warned that temperatures are set to rise in the coming days, so don’t fill your car with petrol to the maximum limit. This can cause the fuel tank to explode. Please fill your car’s fuel tank halfway and leave room for air. Five explosions occurred this week due to overfilling of petrol. Please open the petrol tank once a day and let the gas built up inside come out. Note: Send this message to your family members and everyone else, so that people can avoid this accident. thank you)

Here’s the link to the above post.

The same was shared with English text, too.

FACT CHECK

When we did a fact check, we found it to be FAKE.

Running a keyword search, we found a tweet, dated 2019, by the official Twitter handle of Indian Oil Corp Ltd, with a caption: Important announcement from #IndianOil. It is perfectly safe to fill fuel in vehicles up to the limit (max) as specified by the manufacturer irrespective of winter or summer.

In its clarification, Indian Oil stated that ‘Automobile manufacturer design their vehicles considering all aspects of performance requirements, claims and ambient conditions with built-in safety factors. The maximum volume specified in the fuel tank for petrol/diesel vehicles is no exception. It is, therefore, perfectly safe to fill the fuel in vehicles up to the full limit (max.) as specified by the manufacturer irrespective of winter or summers.’

The same was clarified by them again on April 19, 2023 on a Facebook post.

Thus, it is clear that the viral post has been in circulation for years with false claims.

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