ive put 13.5 in, and i thought it was dry

 

I am thinking about running it till it stops and having a 2 gallon reserve tank in the car. I just never get around to doing it.

Still pondering.

 

My light comes on after about 11.5 - 12 gallons. I wouldn't call the 2.5 gallons a reserve. The tank is down to about 1/8 so 2 gallons is about right. Most cars I've owned have 2 - 3 gallons left when the light comes on.

 

^^yup. Sounds right to me.

 

same i have put just over thirteen and a half in my tank once
it was scary haha

 

seems right, i ran mine dry and put about 14 in mine.

 

When my gas light comes on, I can only put a max of 10.5 - 11 US gallons (41 - 43.5 liters). The owners manual says the tank holds 53 liters (14 gallons). So, for me, I have a little over 1/8 left in the tank, I guess. I don't plan on testing how far I can go with the light on, but I'm guessing I should be good for about 50-60 Km's (31 - 38 miles).

 

You lucky folks have an extra gallon capacity over the Zetec. :thumbup:

..and a steel tank.

 

i have put 14.2 in before.... not fun, i dont know how i made it to the station...

 

cool cool cool thanks for the replies. I am at 316 miles (a little under 1/4 tank) so i'll see if i can hit 400. Maybe if the light comes on at around 350 then no.

 

i have put 14.2 in before.... not fun, i dont know how i made it to the station...

some pumps are incorrectly caliberated, its been talked about before and in autoweek recently, might've gotten ripped off

<l><l>

 

Well my gas light came on at 369 miles. Going to see how many gallons i fill up tonight.

 

A few years ago a local news station was doing a special report on some of the gas stations that were intentionally miscalibrated so that you'd be paying for more gas then what actually came out of the pump. Then they started getting even more clever & having them read accurately at 1, 5, & 10 gal. (for state regulatory checks) but still short you in between. They said one of the things to look out for was if you lock the pump handle in position the gallons & total cost should increase at a steady rate. If one is slowing down or speeding up weird then there could be a problem.

 

Chaney

i have put 14.2 in before.... not fun, i dont know how i made it to the station...

Another possibility is that you made it in on fumes (as we used to say).

The additional .2 was the fuel in the filler neck 'cause you tripletoppeditoff. LOL.

 

Well i filled up with 11.498 gallons and had 380~ miles on the tank.

Roughly 33 mpg. So since we have a 14 gallon fule tank then I could easily go over 400 miles.

Thats all i wanted to know. Thanks for the imputs.

 

My got, it's torture to participate in these forums. All this and no answer, he's looking for a fact, not when your lite comes on or how many miles you drove. A FACT. Doesn't anyone have an owners manual. My manual (03), p 196 states: 2.0 Liter 13.2 gallons, 2.3 liter 14.0 gallons. No reason for further comments-he's got his answer (in gallons, if in Canada, convert)

 

No one is forcing you to participate.

 

I guess I stirred up more than I thought with a simple question.

 

pdq92eagle

My got, it's torture to participate in these forums.

Relax.

These are discussion forums and yes, most everyone here has a Ford Focus Owners Guide; it comes with the car.

People like to talk about everything related to fuel capacity and when that includes fuel mileage and the time that someone almost ran out of gas, the thread remains on topic. You are just about the only one that went off topic, so shut it.

 

Relax. [and] shut it.

:lol: Z63R FTMFW!!!

 

I'm in Canada, so don't mind my metric

I worked it out on the SPI (and it seems a tad out of whack on the Duratec, tank size notes above may explain why) - I got 10L for every quarter tank "indicated" on the gauge. When I filled as soon as the light came on (right at the "empty" line, but not on it directly), I put in ~40L of gas.

If the SPI's tank held 53L as per the manual, and there was 13L left in the tank... that converts to about 3.4 gallons.

But, according to my math (1 gallon = 3.78 litres, no?)... 14 gallons is 53 L.

So is the Duratec tank larger than 14 gallons? Or... did all the CDN Foci only come with the larger tanks?

My manual's out in the car and I don't feel like freezing my nuts off right now.

 

Well manual or not I think that around 400+ is ok with me for a tank. I was just wondering the distance I could travel on a full tank not the exact specs of the tank.

Thanks again for the imputs everyone.