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VT fuel tank is 75L ?

VTandVB

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When looking my my max ellary car manual i see that all models had 75L petrol tanks. So my question is this when my car ( VT 97 excel) has the petrol needle on the gauge on E the distance to computer saying 30 km till empty and the warning light low petrol on the dash. I then fill the tank at the servo as much as i can and i get 50L then its full. surlely at needle on empty etc i dont still have 25L? thats a 1/3rd on the so called 75L factory tank.
 

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My VX has 15L remaining in the tank when the computer says it has 0Km to empty so I wouldn't be surprised! The pump could have been incorrectly installed or the arm could have been bent up during installation.
If the pump is installed incorectly the tank wont hold pressure so no hissing when you open the fuel cap!
 

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Im at odds with the 75L tank too, i've NEVER filled past 50L myself.
 

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On the way back from Wollongong,NSW(last year),i've pumped 69 (Shell) and 71(BP) ltrs.Bothe times i drove 16 and 11klms. respectively after the red light.
 

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May be the tank it's self is 75 litres, but when the pump assembly, float, sender and mounting hardware for all this are installed it decreases in capacity.
May be.....dunno.
 

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Can confirm it is indeed a 75 litre tank however due to legal reasons Holden have made the gauge read lower than it is. Simple.
I know the engineer that was part of the team who designed the tank.
 

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Well....there ya go ay. Question answered
By the way. What are the legal reasons????
 

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I thought it was 65.. even then everytime i filled up at 0 it would only take a max of 55
 

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My light in the VX comes on with 65km to go. I have let it get down to 8km to go. Most I have ever put in is 61-62L.
 
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