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I have read many times that the V6's and V8's VE's Sedans and Wagons have 71 Litre tanks,
But what I can not fathom out, why would you not put longer range tanks in the V8's ?
I have put 75L in mine once, and that was trickling it in,
otherwise I have put 69 > 70 litres it a few times.
However the average Litrage I have put in is 65L > 68L, and going by the "fuel used", it pretty accurate,
being that is on some work country runs and filling up between towns, as some of the regional towns have cheaper petrol than Melbourne
[eg, Melbourne Petrol is approx 146.9 cpl for 91, Ballarat was 109.9 cpl for 91, and Bendigo was 112.9 cpl [last thursday].
Mine activates Low Fuel at
80k for E10,
70k for 91
60k for E85
It does sounds strainge, but I made notes on my Daily Running Sheet I fill out everday [for the Tax man]
I know you only need to do it for 12 weeks, but I opted to do it for every trip, every day, as it a great record, and for making/keeping notes.
Back to the original post -
I am running 98 at the moment [for the second time in owning the car] so it will be interesting to see at what k's the low fuel will be activated.
The Distance to Empty was 620 km/s.
Also the range is different with the different grades of fuels, with filling up on the way out at the Westgate Bridge Petrol Stations -
[based on a trips from Melbourne to Mildura on the Calder Highway at 565k/m, same route and using Krusing Control ] -
E10 - 1/8 of a tank left
91 - just under a 1/4 of a tank left
E85 - had to stop at Ouyen [100k's south of mildura] and get fuel.
The Distance to Empty is always interesting after filling up [these are an average] -
E10 - 480, were I can queeze 540 out of it
91 - 550, were I can squeeze 600 out of it
E85 - 460, were I can squeeze 520 out of it
Taking into account slowing down through the regional/country towns mess's with the fuel economy.
Makes sense given the different burn rates of each of those fuels.