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Subject:Re: Running Empty "Light" - Re: Syncro "reserve" fuel capacity (no vanagon)
From:Tom Stone
Date:Wed, 19 Apr 2000 06:14:06 EDT

In a message dated 00-04-18 00:18:07 EDT, you write:

<< Now, over the years, I learned to only believe half of what he said, and
 since the divorce, I always pump the gas at full force!!  Any thoughts on
 this? >>

I do the same thing as your ex and am going on 29 years married.  I usually
run the gas in at full force until it shuts off the first time and then go
slow till it starts to run out the filler.  I can get three more gallons in
the Dodge mini-van that way, less in a Vanagon.  If  I don't fill it up this
way, the number of miles I get per tank varies widely, based on how the
sensitive the shutoffs for the nozzles are.  This process takes a bit more
time, but helps extend the time between fillups, which is often too short.

Tom
'71, '78 and '85 Westys