Fuel Capacity [Merged 11-6] gas tank size gallons

[CAMtheMAN]

What is the size of the gas tank in my 90 awd(16 gallons???)I dont have the owners manul and the haynes manual does not have this listed! Please help im trying to do the ratio for some octane booster and im getting pissed that this information is hard for me to find!!!


ALL DSMs have the same 16-gallon capacity. Different sources will fudge .1 gallon or so, and it's yet to be determined what the useable capacity is.

 

[Nomad666]

15.9

 

[CAMtheMAN]

How did you find that out????I just guessed!!!

 

[Nomad666]

http://www.edmunds.com/used/1990/eagle/talon/2drtsiturboawdhatchback/specs.html?id=lin0066
scroll down

 

[KGB Pilot125]

I found a 1996 is 15 gallons but cant find any info on a 1995 When I run it down to where the fuel light comes on it takes 10.9 gallons to fill up. this really sucks if its like a 11-12 gallon tank because at 18 mpg I am filling up twice a week.

 

[Defiant]

1G and 2G fuel tanks are 15.9; 2G AWDs have plastic tanks. I have no idea how much of that 15.9 you can actually use. I seem to always fill mine at about ten or eleven gallons.

I don't think you can swap generations with tanks.

Some boring day I'll actually take a spare gallon out and find just where the thing goes dry. I'm sure I get more than 300 miles per tank, but I usually fill up around 250. I get around 21 mpg.

 

[a_scobel]

Ahh Ever since I got my car I've always only gotten around 200 miles per tank But just yesterday I had to fill it up when it was only at 170.....think I got a problem.

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

Even when I had all my mods I was still getting about 230 before I would fill up but at that point it would take 12-13 gallons.

 

[98RedGs]

Originally posted by L2RTSiAWD
Even when I had all my mods I was still getting about 230 before I would fill up but at that point it would take 12-13 gallons.

We were at about the same thing John, the sad part is I'm basically all stock.

 

[tommiman]

Whenever I fill up my almost empty fuel tank it comes to around 40 litres (10.5 gal). I've looked at many sources and they all specify the fuel capacity at 60 litres (15.9 gal). I have tried filling up at different gas stations.

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[FFeArXVI]

Maybe someone who owned the car before you switched gas tanks??? I get 15.9 gals when I fill it up.

 

[ran-o-matic]

If there isn't anything odd about the tank, a 2G holds 64 liters (1Gs hold 60 liters). Most likely, your gauge is reading low.

 

[Logue]

i notice that 2 from the gauge reading empty i only get about 13 gallons. to scared to drive it till it runs out though. i don't know winter coming and when the cash starts getting low I might test those 3 extra gallons somewhere.

 

[tommiman]

Does the gauge have a wider range at near empty? Could it be that those last 20 litres are represented by the gauge showing empty?

 

[BlackbirdOfPrey]

I often wondered about this as well. The manual says 16 gallons, but I haven't been able to put more than 12 in it. Strange......

 

[44pirate]

I experienced the same thing as you all, until one time I ran it completely out of gas. Now when the low fuel light comes on I can put close to 14 gallons in it.

 

[tommiman]

I just got approximately 500 km (310 miles) on what I estimate is a 45 litre tank (11.9 gal). That's 9L / 100KM (26 MPG). Not bad I guess.

There is no way that tank holds 60 liters. I think it must be a typo.

I've also noticed that the low fuel light never comes on. How low does it have to be? I had it almost touching the lowest marker.

 

[Goobdog]

My car is the same way. It will only hold about 12 gallons of gas. The only time ive ever seen my low gas light come on is around a long corner with less the a 1/4 tank of gas.

 

[fastplant]

I often wondered about this as well. The manual says 16 gallons, but I haven't been able to put more than 12 in it. Strange......

Same here, even when it's way below E I can maybe fit in 13 gallons, it'd be nice to know how far it can go.

 

[Perch - Tsi]

My low fuel light starts coming on at just under 1/4 of a tank, then goes out, and comes back on... yadda yadda.

The capacity for a 2G FWD will be greater than that of a 2G AWD.
Not correct- ALL DSMs have the same 16-gallon capacity. Different sources will fudge .1 gallon or so, and it's yet to be determined what the useable capacity is. But the AWDs have full-capacity. -Defiant

remember weve got a driveshaft and a tranny housing bisecting the bottom of the tank into two halves, so it does hold less than the 2 wheel drive would

 

[tommiman]

Good point.

It bothers me that all the publications out there say it's a 60 litres tank for all the models.

I'm glad it's 45 litres. Seems like less damage to the wallet everytime I fill up

 

[44pirate]

Same here, even when it's way below E I can maybe fit in 13 gallons, it'd be nice to know how far it can go.

Run it out of gas.

 

[tommiman]

Yeah if you wanna risk ruinning you cat.

 

[Logue]

how would that kill a cat

not that i have one but still

 

[44pirate]

Since I did the running out of gas thing, when my lo fuel light goes on and I fill her up, it usually takes 14 gallons, depending on how long I let it go. Sometimes I even put in 15.5 gallons. FWIW