In a message dated 4/17/00 2:47:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, JKrevnov@AOL.COM
writes:

<<
 I wonder if the reserve means it is the amount held in reserve to be used
 after a prudent person would have already stopped to refill or, it is the
 amount reserved because it cannot be drawn out of the tank?  You must have
 heard how that last bit of gas is full of all sorts of unnatural stuff which
 can do evil things to an FI systems.
 Rich
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Being a not so prudent person at times, I did run out of gas in my plain old
non-Syncro Vanagon.  (I know..I know).  It got to the point where it would
hardly move, but it did not stop running, so I think Rich has a point.    By
the way, my manual states a 16.0 gallon capacity, and I've only ever been
able to squeeze 14.25 in there.  Unfortunately, I didn't fill it up on the
day I ran it to empty.
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