20 Gallons?
#1
20 Gallons?
I've been kinda skeptic about the gas tank of my 6th generation SE.I really don't think that the gas tank is 20 gallons.It seemed when my car would need filling up I would always top off at around 16 gallons.So this time I drove around looking for the lowest price I could find while my fuel light was on for about three days.I waited until the car's cpu couldn't tell me how many miles I had left till empty and filled up and I topped off at around 17.8 gallons.I normally don't ride around on E but i just had to see what is my tanks capacity.Has anyone else noticed the same thing?
#5
you can only fill up 16 gallons because you have a 4 gallon reserve. When your gauge says your empty, it means you used up that 16 gallons but you still have 4 gallons in your reserve. They did this so that they won't have to replace many fuel pumps, which go bad when you drive to empty.
#7
But he's got the point. One time I was driving to Virginia through I-81 I believe and my gas tank was close to empty. I saw one gas station at one exit but I didn't like the brand so I kept continue thinking ohh yeah there is one gas station ahead showing in my navi. Dyamn that next gas station was ran out of business and I was on my own. I continued driving knowing there is one more gas station showing in my navi but little far away. Bummer my empty tank light came up and that scared the shiatt out of me like I am not going to get there. I drove about 25+ miles even though my navi said I can go "****" miles with the fuel I have. Luckily I was ok and filled my gas tank but I am like hmmmm even with empty tank I drove 25+ miles? Pretty interesting.
#10
I don't go by the fuel gauge because the light comes on way too soon. I use my odometer instead. I drive almost all highway and get about 24.5-25.0mpg. I usually wait until there's about 3-4 gallons left in the tank or after I've driven 400-425 miles. My gas light comes on after 350 miles or so which means that I still have 6 gallons left.
One time, I was running late so I didn't fill up at 400 miles and drove to about 475. 19 gallons of fuel went in.
One time, I was running late so I didn't fill up at 400 miles and drove to about 475. 19 gallons of fuel went in.
#11
Thanks for the explanation. But Like I stated earlier I normally don't drive around with the fuel warning light on for days,just wanted to get close to empty as I could.While I was doing that I was comparing the local stations for the lowest price, since gas prices are creeping up again.Shell just opened a new station and I noticed 93 was $2.15 since they opened a few weeks ago,everybody else is about $2.35-$2.37.Two days later the new station raised 93 up to $2.25. .10 cents in two days is crazy! I guess the oil companies are at it again. Thanks everybody!
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