Yeah... my GenII w/ the 57L tank has ~10L left when the fuel warning
indicator comes on solid. I guess they don't want to have a bunch of
out-of-gas dakotas on the side of the road... :-)
"Gary Hedlin" <ghedlin@theramp.net> wrote in message
news:BA578496.C27%ghedlin@theramp.net...
>
> HEHE... i've done that a few times in the past...
>
> On the fuel tanks, heres an interesting tidbit... The true capacity is
> always a galon or two more than the printed capactity. The reason why is
> for idiots like us who push our luck every once in a while. Also the fuel
> guage is calibrated to have a little less than what is in there. So even
if
> your on E, youve still got a gallon or two.
>
> Just don't push your luck :)
>
> Gary Hedlin
>
>
>
> in article 0F45A7A5E62CD211B8CC0008C7A402F013BCD4E5@ftwntexmp002.bnsf.com,
> "Mallett, Donald B" at Donald.Mallett@BNSF.com wrote on 1/24/03 11:25 PM:
>
> >
> > Pushed my luck a little today. Being payday today, The Dak was in need
of
> > fuel, I know the tank was low. Even the overhead display went from 10
miles
> > till empty to 0 in about 2 miles. The tank sucked in 23.586 gallons!
Pushing
> > it for a 24 gal. tank.
> >
> > All the times in the past the most I ever put in it was 22.8 gals. Good
> > thing its cold here, I hate to burn up a fuel pump ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > *------------------------------Y2KOTA------------------------------*
> > Don Mallett
> > Y2K QC 4.7L Auto SLT+
> > http://Geocities.com/maldbnsf/
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> > *-----I'm not late! It's that the rest of the world is early!!-----*
> >
> > http://FindFreedom.com/mallett
> >
>
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