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Subject:How to run out of gas.
From:jimt
Date:Fri, 4 Feb 2005 21:32:38 -0700

Just got through doing some work on the gas tank and like a dummy put one
gallon back in instead of 6 gallons I had taken out.  (in a dummy hurry and
had gas in a one gallon and in a 5 gallon can and only put the one back in)

Was on the way over to my daughters and realized it at the same time I
started down a slope and saw a gas station up ahead.  One gallon in the tank
(about a quart at that point) is not enough to go down a slope and have gas
reach the pump.  At the same time as the engine was going silent I realized
what I had done and rolled over to the side of the road and proceeded to
bang my head on the steering wheel.  Fortunately texaco had put a station
only 50 meters up the road.

However I did manage to prove that a 2.2 gallon gas can (plastic) will bring
the fuel gauge on the 82 right to the edge of the orange reserve marker.
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