At my preferred gas station, my syncros sit at an angle such that the
rear right of the vehicle is at the highest point (noticably higher
too). A couple of weekends ago I pulled in and put 18.8 gallons into
my Syncro Westy. I definitely was running on fumes!

On Apr 4, 2006, at 12:54 PM, John Bange wrote:

>> I ran out of gas a few months ago in my 2 WD Vanagon.  I literally
>> coasted to the gas pump, having been fortunate enough the get the van
>> over the last hill before the closest station.  I put 15.95
>> gallons in
>> the van.  I did not try to top it off.
>>
>
> So I guess when they say 60l, they really mean 60l! The thing that
> always
> worries me when I'm low on fuel is the effect of tank angle on
> "useful fuel"
> load. Centrifugal sloshing going around turns isn't likely to
> reduce useful
> capacity by and significant amount, but how about a 6% grade? I
> actually
> considered testing that when I had my tank out, but I was too
> exhausted to
> think about propping, pumping, measuring, refilling, etc. I should
> just go
> out and measure the tank and do the trigonometry, but it's raining
> outside.
> Also, I'm very, very lazy.
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"