Count your blessings!  I can put in 12 gallons when the needle is at 1/4 of
a tank!

Joy

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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon

For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy

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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of No Name Available
:::Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 7:10 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: What I'd like to see in a Vanagon...
:::
:::In a message dated 2/4/2005 3:02:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,
:::dylan.kahler@INTERNATIONALISTMAG.COM writes:
:::speaking of gas tank sizes...
:::Yes Folks, bigger IS better !!!! :o)
:::
:::
:::the standard vanagon gas tank is 15.9 gal...is this true for all years?
:::in the owner's manual, it notes that when the needle reaches red line
:::there is a reserve of about 2.6 gal. left in tank. i've run my van to
:::what seemed to be nothing but fumes in the tank (way past red line),
:::and still it only took ~12 gallons to fill up.
:::12 gallons? All I know is that now costs $29.00 to fill em up !!!???
:::
:::
:::does this have something to do with the reserve tanks? (how do these
:::tanks operate anyway?)
:::
:::or could it be my fuel gauge is just inaccurate?
:::
:::walking hours for gas is a painful reminder that it's a great idea to
:::keep a full gas can attached to your van in case of emergency!
:::That's what Tom & I just figured out...
:::If you carry a full gas can...
:::You'll never forget & run out !!! :o)
:::
:::
:::dylan k.
:::'85 westy (going bra-less for winter)
:::OOOOOHHHH!!!!  High beams :o)
:::JC...
:::
:::In a message dated 2/4/2005 1:04:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,
:::bueses@earthlink.net writes:
:::Hey John,
:::
:::You are a man after my own heart-always trying to see how far I can go
:::w/o
:::filling up.  Haven't run out in a couple of weeks when I did on 7th east
:::&
:::coasted into Pep Boys, bought ANOTHER 2.5 gal gas can, walked to the
:::Tesoro,
:::filled up & walked to the Westy, filled up & drove off-only wasted 30
:::minutes.  Had tried the day before to gas up at Costco only to find my
:::debit
:::card expired & it wouldn't take my MC, only Am. Ex. WTF?  I do try to
:::carry
:::a gas can on the roof, but when I do, I never run out!!!
:::
:::Tom Buese
:::Hi Tom,
:::Yeah, thought about it on my way to work,
:::seen I had enough to get to Layton,
:::Then spaced it out after work.
:::Could have been a lot worse ! :o)
:::But, So that's how to do it?
:::I'm going to buy one of those emergency box's of gas.
:::Then I'll never have to worry about it again ??? :o)
:::Thanks for the idea !
:::John C...