Your fuel gauge is wrong then.Originally Posted by 99PontiacGTP
Your tank is just as big as mine. 17 gallons.
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08-03-2012
Your fuel gauge is wrong then.
Your tank is just as big as mine. 17 gallons.
08-03-2012
all gauges are a bit different car to car. but also keep this in mind, when the low fuel light comes on, you should have 100 miles of travel left in the tank, so there's 3 or 4 gallons right there in the bottom of the tank.
ive also noticed in my regal it only takes 13 to 14 gallons to fill it up from E.
08-04-2012
Maybe different sub models the tank size is different? Possible?
08-04-2012
i thought i just cleared this up.
every car has a reserve of 100 miles in the tank when the light comes on, thus leaving at least 3 to 4 gallons in the tank when the light comes on. 4 + 13 = 17 last time i checked. we all have a 17 gallon tank. plus the fuel lines and filler neck.
08-04-2012
Just to be clear not every car is that way but the grand prix's are.
08-04-2012
Yes mine is 13 gallons from E, it always has been.
08-03-2012
Every fill up (I always go from full to amost empty) is anywhere from 14.7 - 15.2 gallons on fill up... That's ~ 16.5 MPG
08-03-2012
according to my DIC i also only get 17 average mpg which really sucks. tb and maf cleaning is on the to-do list for sure
08-03-2012
17-19 mpg city is all these things are rated for. Hit traffic, expect 14 mpg or less.
27-30 mpg requires freeway and careful driving, as in no accelerating to pass people and other nonsense like traffic.
08-03-2012
lol at what this thread has become.
I get 25 MPGs... and i drive it like i stole it.
08-03-2012
Thats impossible.
But continue to amaze us with stories of your brochampionship.
08-03-2012
I can prove it.
08-03-2012
25 mpg or that you go wot every time you touch the gas?
seriously had it with GP owners claiming they're "hard on their cars" then get amazing fuel economy.
Just doesn't happen.
08-03-2012
Well my DIC is wrong then i guess.
You win Matt.
08-03-2012
Damn I feel bad. I get a little better than 200 miles a tank city and 350 on the highway. I am running slightly shorter tires and cooler tstat. I'm about to swap back to a stock Tatar and correct size tires. I used to pull 30+ on the highway, now I'm around 27 the last time I was on the highway.
Originally Posted by TLSheff
08-03-2012
Let me know if that Tatar helps and where you pick one up.. I might need to get one myself..
08-03-2012
It'll help some I'm sure, the little stuff I've done to take my MPGs down add up so I'll do some stuff to bring it back. Plugs and fuel filter as well.
Originally Posted by TLSheff
08-04-2012
You have a 17 gallon tank, read your owners manual lol.
08-04-2012
I thought our tanks were 18 gallons.
08-04-2012
It's 17.5 gallons according to my 2002 manual, page 6-74.
Left to right, top to bottom guys.
Tapadatass
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