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Old 05-17-2006, 07:54 AM
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The tank and straps should be standard.

Scott...are you overfilling the charcoal canister still?
Does the car drip fuel from the front passenger fender when you fill it?
Are you filling the trunk while you are at it?
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Originally Posted by corvettecrazy
18.2 is the most mine has ever ben filled. And that was when my dad ran it to the point where it was stalling around corners....idiot.
Mine tries to try to stall and hesitate below half tank (yes, half tank, not half gallon), but I think that'* an entirely different issue
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Originally Posted by corvettecrazy
18.2 is the most mine has ever ben filled. And that was when my dad ran it to the point where it was stalling around corners....idiot.
Mine tries to try to stall and hesitate below half tank (yes, half tank, not half gallon), but I think that'* an entirely different issue
Yes...we call that a fuel pump.
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
The tank and straps should be standard.

Scott...are you overfilling the charcoal canister still?
Does the car drip fuel from the front passenger fender when you fill it?
Are you filling the trunk while you are at it?
no.
no.
no.

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Have the Dr'* upped your meds recently?

YEP!
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Originally Posted by Mr Bean
just put in 19.6 gallons at a BP. and i still had a bit in the tank. i'm guessing that i'm not getting ripped off. but rather, i might have a 20 gal. tank. todd said that he had the tank replaced...might they have put in a slightly larger one? i'll never know...but i DO know that i can without much sweat fit 20 gallons into my tank. in granny mode...that'* nearly 60 miles worth!
I called my mechanic and asked about the replacement gas tank…he said it is after market…but it is also a 18 gallon tank…as I have filled up that tank about 50 times since it was put in…the most I have ever put in is like 18.3 gallons and that’* empty empty.

Also he did say that the aftermarket tank has no baffling in it like the GM one does..so maybe that’* the gallon difference I don’t know.

But Scott…if you really think that the stations are cornholing you at the pump try this….go buy yourself a 1 gallon gas tank and go fill it up at those gas stations…
If it only takes 1 gallon then it must be your tank…if it takes more than 1 gallon and obviously it’* a gallon gas tank then yeah…they are screwing with the pumps…


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Originally Posted by SSEBONNE4EVA
Your getting ripped off. Bring a gallon can to the same pump and fill it to see what the pump reads.

oops...X3
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Originally Posted by Mr Bean
ok...last time i top off the tank like this....since bill is getting mad at me for it. but here'* the results:

4 top-offs. tank wasn't empty completely cause i drove car to all pumps. no stalling on turns or hills...so some gas was still sloshing around in there.

1st 19.38 g Shell
2nd 20.39 g Different Shell
3rd 19.97 g BP
4th 20.24 g Marathon

So, my conclusion is that i am not being ripped off. one of the stations had been inspected by the state weights and measures division on the 10th. i must have a 20 gallon tank. and with the filler neck and a fully empty tank...i could probably stuff 20.5 to 21 gallons in it. go figure. when todd replaced my gas tank...he must have had a 20 gallon tank put in and didn't realize it. in any case, i can drive farther than any of you!!!
OK problem solved..........I talked to my mechanic and between he and I and reciept...it comes down to having a 20 gallon tank installed...not a 18 gallon...

He said that he had thought that our cars came with a 20 gallon tank...so he ordered a 20 gallon aftermarket tank and installed it....sorry for the confusion Scott
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Originally Posted by toddster
Originally Posted by Mr Bean
just put in 19.6 gallons at a BP. and i still had a bit in the tank. i'm guessing that i'm not getting ripped off. but rather, i might have a 20 gal. tank. todd said that he had the tank replaced...might they have put in a slightly larger one? i'll never know...but i DO know that i can without much sweat fit 20 gallons into my tank. in granny mode...that'* nearly 60 miles worth!
I called my mechanic and asked about the replacement gas tank…he said it is after market…but it is also a 18 gallon tank…as I have filled up that tank about 50 times since it was put in…the most I have ever put in is like 18.3 gallons and that’* empty empty.

Also he did say that the aftermarket tank has no baffling in it like the GM one does..so maybe that’* the gallon difference I don’t know.

But Scott…if you really think that the stations are cornholing you at the pump try this….go buy yourself a 1 gallon gas tank and go fill it up at those gas stations…
If it only takes 1 gallon then it must be your tank…if it takes more than 1 gallon and obviously it’* a gallon gas tank then yeah…they are screwing with the pumps…


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OK...now i'm confussed
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Found out the brand name of the gas tank...

Spectra Premium gas tanks



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