Well, it happened to me once. I drove cross country that way. Had to look at the map always and decide where I must stop for gas. It did not always work. Ran out twice. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luke Sponholz" <lukesponholz@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 4:38 PM Subject: Re: gas tank;
You want to hear living on the edge? How about having a non-functioning gas gauge and a non-functioning odometer? :-D
On 2/28/06, Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > How can you guys sleep at night, living on the edge like this... > > mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: I'm with you. I have > exceeded 15 gallons on numerous occasions in > various Vanagons. Some of them weren't even Syncros. > > Mark > > bueses wrote: > > > > >I put 15.3 gallons in my westy today! it does hold 16 gals-ask me how I > >know? I do have a gas can on the roof just in case-only run out when I > >don't > >have the can w/ gas in it. > > > > > > > >> > >>Bob Mac wrote: > >>What's the deal with my gas tank. I ran out of gas the other day. put 2 > >>gal in, drove 1 block. filled the tank 12 1/2 gal. That's 14 1/2 gal > >>total. I thought the tank in these was 16 gal. or is this like the > >>propane tank that's supposed to hold 3 gal but only holds 2.3 gal. Does > >>the reserve tank have a secret lever to pull, hidden somewhere. > >> > >> > >> > >> >
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