

| Subject: | Re: how much have you filled your gas tank?? |
| From: | Tobin Copley |
| Date: | Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:15:40 -0700 |
I once fit over 62 litres into my '76 westy in the mountains in
southern Mexico. This was a bona fide Mexican fill, in which
the pump runs full blast until gas blow back out the filler
hole. We *were* running on vapour, so I suspect we had maybe a
litre left (probably less), plus the filler pipe plus the gas
left on the ground. And the calibration at the Pemex station
may have been off.
I ran my '82 diesel dry on I-5 on the drive home after buying it
in LA -- the fuel gauge was broken, okay? -- and it took a
gallon jerry can at the side of the road plus a titch over 15
gallons at the pump a couple of miles down the road. I have a
bad habit of filling filler pipes, so that may account for the
extra bit.
T.
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Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada 49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W
'82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell =============
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