What's the max amount of gas you've managed to squeeze into your tank?utilise?
06 November 2003, 12:14 PM
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Yesterday with the car spluttering on roundabouts and inclines/declines managed to get to the gas station and squeeze in 57 litres worth (1st click 56.33 - my record is 57.57). Seems daft and misleading quoting the capacity as 60 litres when the usuable amount is below this. I suppose on a nice flat straight road you might be able to use more but not by much I would've thought.
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06 November 2003, 04:38 PM
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This has puzzled me as well, I thought that my tank was about 50 litres but after I put in about 30 litres into a nearly empty tank the petrol gauge reads nearly full.
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06 November 2003, 05:52 PM
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i thought you did a lot of damage to cars when you start suking all c**p out of empty fuel tanks i thought it would be better to keep fuel above quarter so as not to get this problem.
07 November 2003, 01:32 AM
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The fuel tanks differ in size on some models, you either have a 50 l tank ( think later cars ? ) or 60 l tank.
My jap MY94 has a 60 l tank.
BTW, fuel surge when near empty is not big and not clever!
Guess what happens to engine parts when the engine doesn't get the fuel it expects .... melty piston time!
V
My jap MY94 has a 60 l tank.
BTW, fuel surge when near empty is not big and not clever!
Guess what happens to engine parts when the engine doesn't get the fuel it expects .... melty piston time!
V
07 November 2003, 05:21 AM
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STi8 - 59.25 litres...on "automatic stop", ie I didn't try to get that much in on purpose, it just happened.
And this was about 5km after the fuel light came on (I was doing 240kph, given).
After that I've never trusted the warning light ever again.
Usually it comes on when there's about 10l left.
But...And this I can't understand...I ran out of fuel in the same car (on my way home after collecting it, would you believe), and then it only took 53 litres.
Could there have been an airlock or something in the tank?
And this was about 5km after the fuel light came on (I was doing 240kph, given).
After that I've never trusted the warning light ever again.
Usually it comes on when there's about 10l left.
But...And this I can't understand...I ran out of fuel in the same car (on my way home after collecting it, would you believe), and then it only took 53 litres.
Could there have been an airlock or something in the tank?
07 November 2003, 06:50 AM
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CORNER!!
Thought it was well known that Impreza Fuel gauges were pretty innaccurate!
Don't know why but both my WRX'S (MY'93 then MY'97) have read the same ie.
Full reads Full
3/4'S reads still full
1/2 reads Half full
1/4 reads empty (bottom mark on scale)
empty reads bottom of the E
I've not let my new(er) one go below the bottom mark of the scale, and from there have never got more than 45 litres in it, which to me means it must still have 15 litres in it (60 litre tank)ie 1/4 full.
If I remember rightly with classics all 4 doors and most wagons have 60 litre tanks, whilst some early wagons have 50 litre tanks. Don't know about the new age ones though.
Makes you wonder about all the "160 Miles to a Tank" threads though. I meann they never seem to say how much they put in, just the "a tank" referance. Are they filling up at the bottom of the scale or the bottom of the "e"? I reckon 1/4 tank/ 15 litres might make a bit of a differance!
edited for carp selplnig!
[Edited by SHAGGY6603 - 11/7/2003 6:51:42 AM]
[Edited by SHAGGY6603 - 11/7/2003 6:52:56 AM]
Thought it was well known that Impreza Fuel gauges were pretty innaccurate!
Don't know why but both my WRX'S (MY'93 then MY'97) have read the same ie.
Full reads Full
3/4'S reads still full
1/2 reads Half full
1/4 reads empty (bottom mark on scale)
empty reads bottom of the E
I've not let my new(er) one go below the bottom mark of the scale, and from there have never got more than 45 litres in it, which to me means it must still have 15 litres in it (60 litre tank)ie 1/4 full.
If I remember rightly with classics all 4 doors and most wagons have 60 litre tanks, whilst some early wagons have 50 litre tanks. Don't know about the new age ones though.
Makes you wonder about all the "160 Miles to a Tank" threads though. I meann they never seem to say how much they put in, just the "a tank" referance. Are they filling up at the bottom of the scale or the bottom of the "e"? I reckon 1/4 tank/ 15 litres might make a bit of a differance!
edited for carp selplnig!
[Edited by SHAGGY6603 - 11/7/2003 6:51:42 AM]
[Edited by SHAGGY6603 - 11/7/2003 6:52:56 AM]
07 November 2003, 11:29 PM
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fookin loads - every time I give it a bit a of a blast I end up puttin £36 in - twice a day some days when I'm running about for work.
Seriously never got more than 10.5 gallons in her
Seriously never got more than 10.5 gallons in her
08 November 2003, 11:52 AM
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I ran out once, a mile short of the services I was heading for - the light only came on 21 easy miles before it. I should have heeded the surging on a tight corner 10 miles before I ran out...
I popped the 5 spare liters I always carry in the tank, drove the last mile, and used 59.00 to fill the car and put 5.00 litres back in the can.
So I cant see any way I'm every going to get the full 60 litres in - I assume the number quoted by Subaru is total capacity not usable capacity.
I popped the 5 spare liters I always carry in the tank, drove the last mile, and used 59.00 to fill the car and put 5.00 litres back in the can.
So I cant see any way I'm every going to get the full 60 litres in - I assume the number quoted by Subaru is total capacity not usable capacity.
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