10.7 gallons into a 10.6 gallon tank?
Pushing the limits today on a road trip trying to find to cheapest top tier gas. Pushed it until the needle was right on the last blue mark at the 'E'. Pumped 10.7 gallons of gas! Fuel light had only come on about 20 miles on so before. That was too close, not doing that again. :D
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Gas station is cheating you with inaccurate flow meter. :/
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Did you top off the tank? The tank is under the drivers seat, so there is a channel from the tank opening to where the tank is that could probably hold some gas beyond tank capacity.
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Some gas statiosn cheat, i found one near my house i managed to squeeze in 5.8 gallons in my Honda VFR800 that has a 5.5gal tank that wasn't even empty yet.
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10.6 something and i was basicly spilling out lol
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I fill to the top of the filler tube.. I've put over 13 gallons of fuel in my 2007 GD3 more times than I can count...
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That number is just what the tank is rated to. Doesn't mean it can't hold more. My dad's Mustang is rated at around 14, but he can easily put 15 in it.
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Originally Posted by Texas Coyote
(Post 1152497)
I fill to the top of the filler tube.. I've put over 13 gallons of fuel in my 2007 GD3 more times than I can count...
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Probably the filler tube was the extra capacity. The Fit was pointing downhill at the pump.
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Whenever I run the tank down enough to light the "low fuel" warning light, I can put as much as 13 gallons into the tank. The most that I recall putting into my '07 GD3, was 13.68 gallons.
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The tank may be 10.6, but you're forgetting everything else that has fuel in it.
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Originally Posted by BlueBoogers
(Post 1152572)
The tank may be 10.6, but you're forgetting everything else that has fuel in it.
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Originally Posted by Mini_Odyssey
(Post 1152577)
While that maybe true, you gotta remember he's not doing a dry fill, he still has fuel in it. How does Honda rate the fuel capacity? 75% of actual volume or what? :confused:
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dire warnings?
Does it take that much imagination to realize that some expansion room is needed or seals may be compromised, the evaporative controls may be flooded? I guess so... The only warning is the one Honda gives:
Originally Posted by TFM page 199
Stop filling the tank after the fuel
nozzle automatically clicks off. Do not try to ‘‘ top off ’’ the tank. Leave some room for the fuel to expand with temperature changes. |
Originally Posted by Steve244
(Post 1152589)
dire warnings?
Does it take that much imagination to realize that some expansion room is needed or seals may be compromised, the evaporative controls may be flooded? I guess so... The only warning is the one Honda gives: |
Sorry folks. In six years of Fit ownership and driving, there have been zero problems related to my filling methods. Believe whatever you want. I obviously need fewer fill-ups than you do. I don't park my car within 10 feet of filling at the pump, and drive at least 10 miles after each fill. The "expansion room" is eliminated by the drive home from the pump. But keep on frothing at the mouth if you like- makes no difference to me. Knock yourselves out.
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Originally Posted by Triskelion
(Post 1152598)
Sorry folks. In six years of Fit ownership and driving, there have been zero problems related to my filling methods. Believe whatever you want. I obviously need fewer fill-ups than you do. I don't park my car within 10 feet of filling at the pump, and drive at least 10 miles after each fill. The "expansion room" is eliminated by the drive home form the pump. But keep on frothing at the mouth if you like- makes no difference to me. Knock yourselves out.
(I never heeded the dire don't let the low fuel light come on warnings. But then, Honda doesn't issue this warning...) |
Originally Posted by Steve244
(Post 1152601)
filling @ 1/2 tank means you're hitting the pumps almost twice as often as me.
(I never heeded the dire don't let the low fuel light come on warnings. But then, Honda doesn't issue this warning...) |
Originally Posted by Triskelion
(Post 1152586)
I never wait until I get the low fuel warning, and usually fill when the gauge reads about 1/2.
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Originally Posted by Steve244
(Post 1152671)
Why......?
If you were a rational adult asking me a question out of sincere interest, there is a definite reason for everything that I do. The point is, you don't live where I do and don't have the driving conditions that I do. |
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