At 05:59 PM 7/14/2009, Stephen Grisanti wrote: >Okay, I'll admit that idle curiosity prompts this post. My bride >accuses me of liking to drive on fumes, but with an intermittently >operating odometer I occasionally push the Funny, I'm one of those people who want to know what the gauge *really* means when it gets down in the red, so usually one of the first things I do with a vehicle is run it dry. IIRC my '84 was able to take 15.7+ from dry, including slow fill at the very end to make sure the overflow shutoff really meant it. US gallons, that is.
-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '89 Po' White Star "Scamp" |
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