06-15-2010, 11:00 PM | #1 |
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allright.. i got a newb question.
how much gas does each tank hold? i put thirteen gallons in the lefty yesteday before a good long drive and 18 gallons into the right one.. wtf? both were 'empty"... and struggeling to get to the gas station 300 yards away... so wtf is the pump screwed or do i really not know what my gas tanks hold.. (i thought it was 15 each)
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06-15-2010, 11:10 PM | #2 |
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Re: gas tanks
long beds are 20 gallons, i believe, and short beds are 16 gallons
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06-15-2010, 11:42 PM | #3 |
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Re: gas tanks
thank you..
crap.. i need better floats ive been refilling at "empty" and never doing more then 15 gallons.... dang..
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06-16-2010, 07:40 AM | #4 |
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Re: gas tanks
nothing wrong with that, you'll never run out and be walking that way...
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06-16-2010, 05:34 PM | #5 |
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Re: gas tanks
Plus you have to figure with how long the tank is, how accurate do you think the float will be at lower levels. With my new tank and sending unit its not uncommon for my gauge to swing from half to empty and back to half again during acceleration and cornering.
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06-16-2010, 06:56 PM | #6 |
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Re: gas tanks
my 84 k10 long bed has 16's.............. my 77 parts truck has/had 20's
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06-16-2010, 09:52 PM | #7 |
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Could have 1 16 and 1 20. Funny how things get changed over the years. Jay
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06-16-2010, 10:48 PM | #8 |
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i believe mine are one a 16 and a 14 on my 85 4x4 they have been replaced by the po
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06-16-2010, 11:06 PM | #9 |
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Re: gas tanks
I could have sworn mine where 18's.
Well another correction done by you guys.
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06-17-2010, 10:18 PM | #10 |
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well wheres keith seymore!.
ill go find him! =-)
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06-18-2010, 12:07 AM | #11 |
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Re: gas tanks
My long bed has 20s
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06-18-2010, 06:04 PM | #12 |
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Re: gas tanks
i have dual 20s there not full for long!
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06-18-2010, 07:14 PM | #14 |
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Re: gas tanks
thanks for the back up John!
I have a non-EFI 16 gallon tank in my crew with EFI....I don't dare run much below a quarter of a tank, so i barely have 12 gallons of usable fuel storage I need to get me some EFI duals.
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