Date:         Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:15:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
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From:         Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
Subject:      Re: how much have you filled your gas tank??
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I once fit over 62 litres into my '76 westy in the mountains in
southern Mexico.  This was a bona fide Mexican fill, in which
the pump runs full blast until gas blow back out the filler
hole.  We *were* running on vapour, so I suspect we had maybe a
litre left (probably less), plus the filler pipe plus the gas
left on the ground.  And the calibration at the Pemex station
may have been off.

I ran my '82 diesel dry on I-5 on the drive home after buying it
in LA -- the fuel gauge was broken, okay? -- and it took a
gallon jerry can at the side of the road plus a titch over 15
gallons at the pump a couple of miles down the road.  I have a
bad habit of filling filler pipes, so that may account for the
extra bit.

T.
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Tobin Copley        Bowen Island, BC, Canada      49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W

'82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
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