35.6 gal into 34 gal tank?

[JDiepstra]

Can anyone tell me how I put 35. 6 gallons of fuel into my 34 gallon tank? I was pretty low, but I know I wasn't running on NEGATIVE! #@$%!

 

[JCasper]

How much did you nurse it topping off?



Do you have the vent mod done to your tank?

 

[JDiepstra]

No vent mod, and I put in about 2 gallons after the initial click off. It did not come up the filler neck.



I frequent this station and my suspicions have been aroused before so I wanted to see how much I could fit.

 

[TRLRTRSH]

Heck, I want to know how you could afford it, Take out a bank loan??

Anyway My "03" Shop manual shows the short bed holding 98L or 26 gallons. The long bed holds 132L or 35 gallons. The note: Nominal refill capacities are shown, A variation may be observed due to blaw blaw blaww, you get the point.



The most I've ever put in mine is 34 gallons, the trip meter DTE was on 0 and the chime was on constant.

 

[JCasper]

No vent mod, and I put in about 2 gallons after the initial click off. It did not come up the filler neck.



I frequent this station and my suspicions have been aroused before so I wanted to see how much I could fit.

Maybe they are scamming you.



If the high prices aren't enough.

 

[icman95]

If you're suspecting fraud from the station, I saw something about that on TV a few years ago. There was a place out in CA (if memory serves) that had some complaints against it, but every time the Dept of Consumer Protection went out to check by filling their 5 and 10 gallon official tanks, they couldn't find anything. In the end someone found a computer chip on the inside of the pump that was programmed to make the 5 and 10 gallon amounts accurate to fool the inspectors, but fraudulantly bumped up the gallon count at other quantities. They said it took a computer scientist to figure out what the thing did once they found it. They station owners were charged for this.



I can't imagine there are too many guys out there pulling this stunt, though. I may be naive, but I'd have to guess that the majority of stations are on the up and up.

 

[JEstes]

What about the reserve? The owners manual says that there is something like a 10% reserve from when the overhead computer starts to read zero.

 

[pwr2tow]

You can put 38-39 gallons in a short bed truck's 34 gallon fuel tank.
You can put 39-40 gallons in a long bed truck's 35 gallon fuel tank.

How much you get in depends on how much you want to nurse the fuel going into the tank. Putting 35. 6 gallons in is not unusual if conditions are right.

 

[mattymac]

You can put 38-39 gallons in a short bed truck's 34 gallon fuel tank.

You can put 39-40 gallons in a long bed truck's 35 gallon fuel tank.



How much you get in depends on how much you want to nurse the fuel going into the tank. Putting 35. 6 gallons in is not unusual if conditions are right.

My tank is vented and I have put in 36-37 gals in it without having a fuel light come on, the gauge registered just below an 1/8th of a tank.

 

[JoeHutchinson]

42 gallons

I installed a vent kit, and before reinstalling the fuel tank I had wiped it down and so it was dry and clean.



My first fill up was almost 42 gallons



I like the vent kit, the bigger tank help a ton on longer trip, but it hurts filling it up now. 4. 89 a gallon here in pittsburg



Joe

 

[JDiepstra]

Thanks guys, I feel better now.

 

[10-9jc]

Over $5 in Kali. (5-26-08)

 

[MLodge]

5. 19 in Oakhurst, CA.

 

[icman95]

You guys can't steal all the glory. CT is right behind you with $4. 99 and who knows today?