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Subject: [TR] Does Anyone Know Why?
From: pdonnel1 at san.rr.com (John & Pat Donnelly)
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:52:58 -0700
References: <570.4614179f.3b28a865@cs.com> <26F898F04EF049EAA7A3266630FEA4F7@dbristerPC>
Well, for the first time since 1971 I ran out of gas in the TR4A, on the
freeway no less. My daughter came and rescued me with a gallon and one half
of the cheap stuff. 

So as I pinged my way to the nearest AM/PM mini mart it was 5 miles of
thinking to myself .. I'm never buying cheap stuff again, this stuff is
crap.

Long story short .. 11 and a half gallons latter, the tank was full. By my
reckoning that makes it about a 12.5 gallon tank, after taking into account
the lines, carb bowls, fuel pump, etc.

Johnnie

> 
> Ivan Korey writes:
> > My TR4A had a 14 gallon tank, my TR6
> > has
> > an 11.25 gallon tank.
> 
> I think you must have a non standard tank, or perhaps exports to the
> colonies were fitted with bigger tanks to help with the greater
> distances
> involved in motoring there!
> Certainly I have never managed to get more than 11 Imperial gallons
> into my
> car. The specs all say 11 3/4! Perhaps that is the same as 14 galls US?

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