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Date:         Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:41:38 -0700
Reply-To:     bpchristensen1@HOME.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Brent Christensen <bpchristensen1@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: Syncro "reserve" fuel capacity
Comments: To: JKrevnov@AOL.COM
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> amount reserved because it cannot be drawn out of the tank? You must have > heard how that last bit of gas is full of all sorts of unnatural stuff which > can do evil things to an FI systems.

For that very reason I am loathe to actually put the system to the test. I am still searching for a lever somewhere that I can flip over to find that "hidden" 2.5 gallons...

Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA

----- Original Message ----- From: Rico Sapolich <JKrevnov@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 11:46 PM Subject: Re: Syncro "reserve" fuel capacity

> Brent, > I recall being able to get 16 gallons of fuel into my Syncro with a lot of > nursing > right to the very brim. Now do I hear 16.5? You have piqued my curiosity > and as much as I hate carry a can of gas in the van, I am going for it too. > > I wonder if the reserve means it is the amount held in reserve to be used > after a prudent person would have already stopped to refill or, it is the

> Rich


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