Gas Tank?
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Racer
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Gas Tank?
I could go look in the manual but since I am sitting here and to lazy to open the glove box, off hand what size is our gas tank? 14 gal.?
I broke a rule of mine and let gas slip down to my reserve warning. It said I had about 50 miles left.
I stoped and filled her up, with premium of course, at 3.03 a gal.
$40.00 filled me up and gace me 13.2 gal.
So what is it 14, 15 or 16 gal. tank?
Getting 22 local and 28 highway in milage.
Thanks
I broke a rule of mine and let gas slip down to my reserve warning. It said I had about 50 miles left.
I stoped and filled her up, with premium of course, at 3.03 a gal.
$40.00 filled me up and gace me 13.2 gal.
So what is it 14, 15 or 16 gal. tank?
Getting 22 local and 28 highway in milage.
Thanks
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The owner's manual says 18.5-gallons, but the "usable" amount of fuel in the tank(s) can vary up to 3-gallons depending on how low the pick-up tube sits in the tank.
From the factory my car would use 16.5-gallons for a complete fill when completely out of fuel.
While cleaning the fuel sensors I discovered there was almost three gallons of fuel left in the tanks that wasn't being picked up from under the pick-up tubes. With a little adjusting it can now pick up the whole 18.5-gallons.
From the factory my car would use 16.5-gallons for a complete fill when completely out of fuel.
While cleaning the fuel sensors I discovered there was almost three gallons of fuel left in the tanks that wasn't being picked up from under the pick-up tubes. With a little adjusting it can now pick up the whole 18.5-gallons.
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Originally Posted by screw991le
18.5 in my 2000
