Re: Newbie Dakota user with a question.

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2000 - 23:30:51 EST


20? I've got the 22 gal. tank and my light comes on with 5 gallons. At
my current 13MPG (roughly) that's 65 miles till the tank is bone dry.

Ken Allgood wrote:
>
> that is my 1 pet peeve on my dakota.. man, when I see that fuel light lit,
> I'm hunting hard for a gas station cause I know I ain't getting far!! When
> that needle hits the line at E, you have passed the point of running on
> fumes (ie: pressing accelerator doesn't do one good bit!)... remember with
> my Probe (4 banger of course), when I was coming up on E, get probably
> another 75miles out of it... now.. uhhhh 20?? if I'm lucky... Course... my
> probe would get 40mpg on hwy.. so..hehe
>
> Ken Allgood
> 97 cc slt 5.2L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Parthemer" <rtdkota@yahoo.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 12:00 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Newbie Dakota user with a question.
>
> > 2 things:
> >
> > 1) Is it a 4 cyl, 6 cyl, 8 cyl...
> >
> > 2) What size gas tank does it have??? If the tank is
> > about 1.5-2' long, you have the 15 gallon tank
> > (standard on 4 cyl, 6 cyl, and sometimes the 8
> > cyl--but never seen an 8 with one, though they exist)
> > if the tank is 3-3.5' long you have the 22 gallon
> > tank.
> >
> > FYI-- Either way, when the fuel light comes on, on ALL
> > Dakotas... you have at least 4 gallons left in the
> > tank.
> >
> > Other than that, I can't tell you on the starting
> > issue.
> >
> > Sam '00 RT
> >
> >
> > --- "Stockham, John C" <stockham@mail.ukans.edu>
> > wrote:
> > > Just purchased a 98 Dakota Sport 2wd reg cab from a
> >
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-- 
-andy

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