Re: Re: Fuel tank size

From: steve preston (steve239dak@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 20:40:23 EST


My truck is a 99 4x4 V6 RC Sport and it has the 15
gallon tank.Wish it had the 22 gallon.
--- Chuck Robbins <intense99dak@home.com> wrote:
> I thought the same thing at first with my '99. I
> believe the reason why
> there is gas left in the tank when the needle is on
> E is to keep the fuel
> pump submerged (for lubrication purposes). Actually,
> when I stopped and
> thought about it, I realized that I had to have the
> 22 gal tank because the
> next size down was 15 gal. I would've made quite a
> mess pumping 17 -18 gals
> into a 15 gal tank ;-)
>
> --
> Chuck Robbins
> '99 Dakota Sport
> www.intense99dak.com
>
> > I saw a thread about this recently so I wanted to
> chime in. My 99 4x4
> > with the Sport Plus and HD option groups was
> supposed to have a 22 gal
> > tank. I can never get more than 17.5 gals into it
> when the needle reads
> > E. So I assume I got shorted and received the
> smaller tank. I couldn't
> > imagine that there's another 4 gals left on the
> other side of E. I can't
> > seem to find my window sticker to confirm the
> right tank. Is there a way
> > of finding out option info like that through the
> VIN?
> >
>
>

=====
1999 Dakota Sport 3.9V6,4x4,3.92 Anti-spin,42RE auto,Intense Blue,regular cab.



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