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08-13-2005
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fuel tank max fill
Anyone know how much is too much? Cuz I've been able to put about 14.6 in it and it comes up to the fill hole. manual says 13.2 but yeah....
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Originally Posted by IDQcivic
that seems like a lot of gas, maybe that gas station is ripping you off, try going some place else....
nah I get it from Sam's club. Wal-mart would NEVER RIP ANYONE OFF..... 
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Originally Posted by Shroomster
Anyone know how much is too much? Cuz I've been able to put about 14.6 in it and it comes up to the fill hole. manual says 13.2 but yeah....
Here read this:
overfilling your tank can ruin your gasoline-vapor recovery equipment. The recovery canister is supposed to store gasoline vapors rather than release them into the atmosphere. But if you overfill the tank and liquid gas sloshes into the canister, it will stop working, contributing to the formation of ground-level ozone, smog, acid rain, and airborne toxins.
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Originally Posted by streetglower
the reason you can put more in then the capacity of the tank is because the company makes the tank bigger for expansion. when the fuel heats up, it expands. Now there is a reason why it says "do not top off" on the fuel stations. For one, you risk saturating the charcoal canister with fuel. Too much fuel is when you keep pumping past when the fuel nozzle clicks.
Here read this:
overfilling your tank can ruin your gasoline-vapor recovery equipment. The recovery canister is supposed to store gasoline vapors rather than release them into the atmosphere. But if you overfill the tank and liquid gas sloshes into the canister, it will stop working, contributing to the formation of ground-level ozone, smog, acid rain, and airborne toxins.
Here read this:
overfilling your tank can ruin your gasoline-vapor recovery equipment. The recovery canister is supposed to store gasoline vapors rather than release them into the atmosphere. But if you overfill the tank and liquid gas sloshes into the canister, it will stop working, contributing to the formation of ground-level ozone, smog, acid rain, and airborne toxins.
Good info
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I have been pumping over that cutoff for years, as far as i dare to go, sometimes right to the brim. I like toppin her off!
I have been pumping over that cutoff for years, as far as i dare to go, sometimes right to the brim. I like toppin her off!
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Rep Power: 787 good thing I only get 1/2 tank normally. You get more gas mileage since the car weighs less anyway. Just fyi, 1 gallon = 8lbs.
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Originally Posted by jackburton
What does that canister do exactly?
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Originally Posted by jackburton
What does that canister do exactly?
I have been pumping over that cutoff for years, as far as i dare to go, sometimes right to the brim. I like toppin her off!
I have been pumping over that cutoff for years, as far as i dare to go, sometimes right to the brim. I like toppin her off!
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Rep Power: 375 in other words you could fail emissions. i've even seen some people get a CEL becuase their canister is shot and they have to buy a new one.
not to mention filling "to the brim" is a bad idea. gas can expand.
not to mention filling "to the brim" is a bad idea. gas can expand.
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Rep Power: 0 sorry to thread hijack... this is just too coincidental...
wow, that's funny... i had a '91 shadow before and that thing went down in a blaze... well, not really... i was lucky enough to make it to a chik-fil-a parking lot, run inside to steal their extingusher and put it out.
it had a fuel/oil leak under the throttle body that dripped and collected into a pool on the transmission housing... well, when the approprate conditions were met, UP IT WENT!!
anyway, to make a long sory short, i drove it around uneventfully for a couple more days after that before i traded it in for $1650... that and a $250 cash down payment got me my '01 vic.
Originally Posted by jackburton
Kinda like my dads dodge shadow???
it had a fuel/oil leak under the throttle body that dripped and collected into a pool on the transmission housing... well, when the approprate conditions were met, UP IT WENT!!
anyway, to make a long sory short, i drove it around uneventfully for a couple more days after that before i traded it in for $1650... that and a $250 cash down payment got me my '01 vic.
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Originally Posted by nick95673
if someone else is paying for the gas i can get sit there for an hour topping off
aside from that, you look like you're saying you top off the tank. read the thread please, and then you'll be educated.
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Originally Posted by jttegx
it wouldnt hurt to just top it off with like 50 cents worth would it?
cause i keep the digits straight numbers like $13.50/$12.00/$12.25/etc
cause i keep the digits straight numbers like $13.50/$12.00/$12.25/etc
08-19-2005
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Rep Power: 0 yeah, what he said. I always make mine even in the .10. but .25 is fine. just no more than that. I always see people pumping again and again, only to damage their cars. I dont feel I should enlighten them, cuz around here they could enlighten me with a gun, lol.
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