FUEL TANK CAPACITY
19 November 2000, 06:30 PM
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please somebody help me . I own a 94 wrx c/w a fuel guage which is a pathalogical liar.
When it says empty I can only get about 50l of fuel in but I think the fuel capacity is 60l,I dont want the car to run out of fuel, so could somebody shed some light on this!!!!!!!!!
When it says empty I can only get about 50l of fuel in but I think the fuel capacity is 60l,I dont want the car to run out of fuel, so could somebody shed some light on this!!!!!!!!!
19 November 2000, 07:08 PM
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TCELL,
I an pretty sure you have only got a 50 Litre tank, think they changed to 60L, on the later models, but can't remember when.
Do a search on fuel tanks etc , I'm sure I've read this on here before.
Failing that, what does your owners manual say?
Cheers MTR
I an pretty sure you have only got a 50 Litre tank, think they changed to 60L, on the later models, but can't remember when.
Do a search on fuel tanks etc , I'm sure I've read this on here before.
Failing that, what does your owners manual say?
Cheers MTR
19 November 2000, 08:42 PM
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Milky,
I have a MY96 Series McRae, handbook says 60 litre tank on Turbo, 50 litres on other models. SIDC FAQ thinks pre96 cars all had 50 litre tanks, if yours was a very early 96 it may have a 50 litre tank
Lee
I have a MY96 Series McRae, handbook says 60 litre tank on Turbo, 50 litres on other models. SIDC FAQ thinks pre96 cars all had 50 litre tanks, if yours was a very early 96 it may have a 50 litre tank
Lee
20 November 2000, 12:00 AM
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Oh, another thing as well that isn't really constructive (sorry):
Pete Croney put a post up recently about having to replace a fuel filter as a result of the fuel crisis. Whether the owner had run it low and therefore dragged all the crap at the bottom of the tank through the filter, or whether the crap came from the bottom of the petrol station's tank is unknown.
Running low/out may not be a great move?
Hope this is somewhat useful.
Pete Croney put a post up recently about having to replace a fuel filter as a result of the fuel crisis. Whether the owner had run it low and therefore dragged all the crap at the bottom of the tank through the filter, or whether the crap came from the bottom of the petrol station's tank is unknown.
Running low/out may not be a great move?
Hope this is somewhat useful.
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20 November 2000, 12:14 AM
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I wondered about this for a while with my MY96 UK saloon. All the docs. said 60 litres (non-turbos are 50 I believe) but whenever the fuel guage read *absolutely bog all petrol left minus 3 gallons* I could only squeeze about 50/51 litres in.
So I ran it out a couple of times (I had a spare can in the boot!). I reckon the capacity on mine is between 58 and 59 litres so slightly smaller than the nominal. The fuel guage is definitely reading much too low near the bottom though. I usually go by the odometer these days.
Dave
PS: when running out you get about 8 miles where the car misfires before giving up completely..... :-)
20 November 2000, 10:58 AM
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I wouldn't recommend driving around with any petrol in a spare can for any time: after seeing the extra mess that can result, leave the can empty and circle a petrol station until you run out 
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