55 litre fuel tank

[TonyJZX]

can i ask why an LS1 has such a small tank???

sure i can get 750km on the hwy but it's dreadful around town

you would think they'd put in a real tank of say 80 litres

anyway that's my rant of the day

[DLFHUB666]

um, the vt/vx has a 75l tank.

[Jonno]

lull their 75 ltr tanks..

[TonyJZX]

i can only get in 55 litres

mine was dead empty today... 55 to full

never ever paid more than $75 or so to fill a tank

maybe mine is weird?

[itsagixa]

or you servo is ripping themselfs off

[TonyJZX]

i would so like this to be the case lol

[vnkid]

Some say there is a reserve amount, or the calibration allows for a reserve so when it says empty or 0km to empty there is actually sufficient amount to get you to the servo. Mines get at about 15L left.

[MikeCuzzy]

Physically the tank has 75L, it is likely your gauge needs recalibrating. I've had mine read 12km to zero. And filled up only to discover there is some 10L left in the tank. The VT/VX really do have perhaps the most unreliable fuel gauges known to man. It would be almost more relaible to use the force to figure out what's left in you tank.

[DLFHUB666]

Your distance to empty might need to be recalibrated, holden can do this at a price of course.

[Full Spectrum]

Keep 20 litres of fuel in the boot. run it to 65 litres used and you will find it's got more inside the tank. my silly fuel warns me around 48-55 litres and it looks dead empty with 20-0km's left.

[slammedvz]

Get a calibration done, if that doesnt fix it you will need a new mra unit, common problem but usually other way around, have quarter on gauge and actually empty.

[TonyJZX]

so you're saying there's always 20 litres in the bottom of the tank that isn't measured?

makes a bit of sense but i've never run it completely dry

as soon as it beeps at 50km i fill it up

[MikeCuzzy]

It's definitely a 75L fuel tank, unless someone has been seriously messing with your car.

[Dayvo]

Alot of VT /VX have this problem ,mine included . When i replaced my fuel pump i noticed that my float level needed to be reset . On a flat surface the bottom of the float should be 10-20 mm higher than the bottom of the pump . Mine was 30 mm below the bottom of the pump causing it to show that the tank was near empty when it actually had about 1/4 of a tank left .

[wrx884]

Not sure if this is true or not but was appart of a chain letter i got months back, havent tried it yet tho mayb give it a go n report? haha

TIPS ON PUMPING PETROL

I don't know what you guys are paying for Petrol.... but
here in Melbourne we are paying up to $1.30 to $1.50 per litre. My line
of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks
to get more of your money's worth for every Litre:

Here at the Shell Pipeline where I work in Melbourne, we deliver
about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.. One day
is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and Petrol, regular and premium
grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of
16,800,000 Litres.

Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when
the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations
have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the
more dense the Petrol, when it gets warmer Petrol expands, so
buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your litre is not exactly
a litre. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the Petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other
petroleum products plays an important role.

A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business.
But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the
pumps

When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle
to a fast mode If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)
stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode,
thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping.

All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the
fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor.
Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage
tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your Petrol
tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more Petrol you have in
your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Petrololine evaporates
faster than you can imagine. Petrol storage tanks have an internal
floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the Petrol and
the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service
stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature
compensated so that every litre is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a Petrol truck pumping into
the storage tanks when you stop to buy Petrol, DO NOT fill up; most
likely the Petrol is being stirred up as the Petrol is being
delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles
on the bottom.

[pjdm1980]

Maybe you tank has taken a hit and has been pushed up, which would give you less capacity?

[Dayvo]

Maybe you tank has taken a hit and has been pushed up, which would give you less capacity?

Or has a dead body stashed in it lol

[lufkin]

wrx884 that email sounds pretty good actually, wonder if there is any truth to it though, its an interesting read

[Full Spectrum]

It's always good to fill up around 50 liters so you don't drag crap up, but also you don't damage the fuel pump going to low.

[BlackVXGTS]

72.3 litres is the most I've ever had to put in the tank. Most of my fills are less than 60 litres.

[MR_VX]

Same here, when I fill up I can only get 55L in it, the last 1/4 disappears really quick, I'll be flat out getting 500 kms these days from a tank