What size is the gas tank? Think the petrol station screwed me!

[crotchrocket]

My VX was just about to come onto red yesterday so i put about 48 litres ( ?50) of fuel in it and the needle only went to half :mad: Cant find anywhere on the net to complain that i didnt get as much fuels as the machine said i did!! It cant be right, i was filling the tank up from the reserve light and it was around 70 litres ??????

[VX KAT]

I know the US spec tank is 22.5 gallons = 85.14 liters. Don't know if JDM are any different.

[pbkid]

damn, she beat me to it ;)

[kirk hilton]

It doesn't matter about US/Imperial gallons, we all have 85 litre tanks. The problem is possibly that the indicator is neither calibrated nor linear nor does it go from 0 to 80 litres - all that considered the way to check is to compare fills (fill up with the same amount next time at a different station and see where the needle points). Saying that a Tesco station was short 'changing' customers for weeks before it was discovered.

Aren't pumps calibrated by weights and measures - if calibration seals are broken they're in big trouble

[Triathlete]

My needle dances around quite a bit. I know there is a fix for this (sending unit replacement) but it just doesn't bother me that much.

[psychos2]

The pump calibration could be off. I had the opposite happen when I lived in FL. The pump was showing less than you were getting. You could fill up at that pump with mid grade for around $2. I used to go there to fill up all the time. It took the gas station at least a month before they figured out. shawn

[Cobrajet]

The pump calibration could be off. I had the opposite happen when I lived in FL. The pump was showing less than you were getting. You could fill up at that pump with mid grade for around $2. I used to go there to fill up all the time. It took the gas station at least a month before they figured out. shawn
What? Nobody complained?? :)

[rowhard]

You could fill up at that pump with mid grade for around $2. shawn

Fill up for $2 dollars, yea, 40 years before the VX was ever invented

[rowhard]

I know the US spec tank is 22.5 gallons = 85.14 liters. Don't know if JDM are any different.

Sue, them over there use the imperial measurement. 4.5 litres per gallon, not 3.86 like us in the colonies.

by the way, that was me that called you last week if you were wondering

[VX KAT]

Sue, them over there use the imperial measurement. 4.5 litres per gallon, not 3.86 like us in the colonies.

by the way, that was me that called you last week if you were wondering

Man, I've been out of school too long or something, what the hell is an imperial gallon? :_wtf: I missed that somewhere!

[rowhard]

Man, I've been out of school too long or something, what the hell is an imperial gallon? :_wtf: I missed that somewhere!

The British use an imperial gallon, 80 oz instead of 64 like here. i.e; 4.5 litres instead of 3.86 litres.

That's why we celerbrate the 4th of July to get away from their silliness and silly spelling.

But then a pint of bitter there is 20 oz, not 16 oz like here and their bitter is much better then our micro brews so I guess it is a wash.

But as Kirk says, we all have a 85 litre tank and a litre is a liter no matter where your at....

English - Litre

American English - Liter

we just have to be different

[alterastro]

I guess you've not been telling your Scangauge when you've been filling up then Crotch as that would tell you?!?

Nick :bwgy:

[Greasemonkey]

Hi James - we have 85 litre tanks - the light comes on at 25 litres left and the flashed when you have 15 litres left
cheers
Steve

[iamironman]

The British use an imperial gallon, 80 oz instead of 64 like here. i.e; 4.5 litres instead of 3.86 litres.

That's why we celerbrate the 4th of July to get away from their silliness and silly spelling.

But then a pint of bitter there is 20 oz, not 16 oz like here and their bitter is much better then our micro brews so I guess it is a wash.

But as Kirk says, we all have a 85 litre tank and a litre is a liter no matter where your at....

English - Litre

American English - Liter

we just have to be different


8 ounces make a cup, 2 cups make a pint (16 ounces), 2 pints make a quart(32 ounces), 4 quart makes a gallon, a gallon(in the U.S.) is 128 ounces not 64 ounces. 1 gallon is 3.78542 liters.

[rowhard]

8 ounces make a cup, 2 cups make a pint (16 ounces), 2 pints make a quart(32 ounces), 4 quart makes a gallon, a gallon(in the U.S.) is 128 ounces not 64 ounces. 1 gallon is 3.78542 liters.

oh yea, was into my 4th pint by then. duh

Guess I was just being silly with Sue

imperial gallon is 4.54609 liters, that was the point of the exercise I think and it is 153.721 ounce US

[kirk hilton]

You got it almost right

it is:

10 ounces make a cup, 2 cups make a pint (20 ounces), 2 pints make a quart(40 ounces), 4 quart makes a gallon, a gallon(in the U.K.) is 160 ounces. There must be some historical reason for the change.

[rowhard]

You got it almost right

it is:

10 ounces make a cup, 2 cups make a pint (20 ounces), 2 pints make a quart(40 ounces), 4 quart makes a gallon, a gallon(in the U.K.) is 160 ounces. There must be some historical reason for the change.

Maybe that is why we yanks are celerbrating the 4th of July today Mate!

Went to a great club one night down some skinnel in Manchester, and had Pimms No.1. Wonderful. Went with Mike Forster, Royal Photographer for the Daily Mail back in the 80's. He was dating a lovely lady named Sue who worked for the city of Liverpool. Met Mike at Le Mans in 82,... great memories

[crotchrocket]

I put another 50 quid of fuel in today, and suprise.....it went up to near 3 quaters full...BASTARDS!!!!! i want my money back!!!!

[alanbradley]

yeah, but can you prove it though? Sounds silly, but did you check the pump was zero'd before you started?

I'd just do the British "creative apathy" thing and never go there again...

A

[Bee Sting]

Come for a visit to Canada. You will quickly get used to buying gasoline in litres (90.5 cents Canadian today in Ottawa = approx. 77 cents America or US$2.93 per US Gallon).

Pick up a spelling lesson too. Like.....colour, flavour, behaviour and maybe arret, merci, voiture,....:yesy:

[handeeman]

Pick up a spelling lesson too. Like.....colour, flavour, behaviour and maybe arret, merci, voiture,....:yesy:[/QUOTE]

How bout a speaking lesson too. Such as "oui-oui", "merci bouquet" and chevrolet coupe'. j/k couldn't resist.