Gas tank capacities

[visualpoet]

My light first comes on at about an eigth of a tank (on the gauge anyway) then it goes off for a while and comes back on. I made the mistake of misjudging it a few months back, luckily, I had just backed into my space at home and shut it off. I didn't realize it was out of gas, but the next time I went out to drive it it wouldn't start. I checked out a few other things before I thought about the gas being empty.

[TheNextAZN]

i think i have a 1 gallon tank.. cus i fill it up with milk! helps my car grow

but wow!. . people need to drive thier cars beyond the point of the ORANGE gas light! hahaha

I know i've had to do it many times .. and seeing the gas fill meter go up to 15gallon's or more is crazy for me! haha sometimes i do it intentionally, cus i feel the gas at the bottom needs to be burned out so i can have fresh fuel.. lol, i know, i'm wierd

[visualpoet]

i think i have a 1 gallon tank.. cus i fill it up with milk! helps my car grow

but wow!. . people need to drive thier cars beyond the point of the ORANGE gas light! hahaha

I know i've had to do it many times .. and seeing the gas fill meter go up to 15gallon's or more is crazy for me! haha sometimes i do it intentionally, cus i feel the gas at the bottom needs to be burned out so i can have fresh fuel.. lol, i know, i'm wierd

I'm of the opinion that you should never run the tank all the way out because you're sucking up all the sediment and crap at the bottom of the tank because it's more concentrated in ratio to the fuel.

[cp[mike]]

I'm of the opinion that you should never run the tank all the way out because you're sucking up all the sediment and crap at the bottom of the tank because it's more concentrated in ratio to the fuel.

misinformation.

the fuel pump sucks from the bottom of the tank anyway, plus, there is almost always NO sediment and "crap" floating around in your tank. and the tank stays mixed from normal driving.

[90_ACCORD]

ive looked it up and im suppose to have a 17 gallon tank but i have drove it all the way to below E and filled it up and it would take 13 gallons at the most

[Dans92cb7]

i got gas last night when the needle wuz just alittle past the E line and filled her allthe way up it took i beleave 15 gallons or 14 i cant remember...lol and i filled it up before that and my trip said 305 miles...

[preludeman92]

Honda says the tanks are 17 gallons. I'd trust them.

When I drove the car 100 miles a day on the highway for work I'd get around 32mpg according to my math. That was right about 450 miles per fill up of around 14 gallons. The gas light would just begin to show up at that point. I've put as much as 15.5 gallons in the car before, so I know it's larger than 13 or 14 gallons.

[Ralphie]

ive looked it up and im suppose to have a 17 gallon tank but i have drove it all the way to below E and filled it up and it would take 13 gallons at the most

Well i thought it was 13 too but thats because those were times where it was at E.

So 13+4=

(hint:4 gallon reserve)

[visualpoet]

misinformation.

the fuel pump sucks from the bottom of the tank anyway, plus, there is almost always NO sediment and "crap" floating around in your tank. and the tank stays mixed from normal driving.

It's a hangover from the old days. I've been driving for almost 25 years now. Back in the old days, crap did build up in the tank and settle to the bottom. Better safe than sorry. Stuff does get in there, that's why you have a screen on the pick up and a filter in between tank and injectors.

[dlatino]

the value of the US gallon has dropped

lol

[Karl]

the tanks are all 17gal, but there are other variables. The level sending units and the fuel pumps are not all placed the same either. My 90 accord would run until there was less than 1 gallon left in the tanks while the 91 will starve with 4-5 gallons left.