O.K., here is another data point for the study:
New BJ8 fuel tank tank from Moss Motors, already installed in the car and used.
I started by siphoning out all of the gas, including whatever was in the sump,
and storing it in another car. The tank was in the car, sitting level in my
garage with the filler tube disconnected so that I could see the level of the
gas when it approached the neck.
I filled a graduated container and poured a measured gallon into an empty milk
jug, then marked the level of exactly one gallon.
The tank held exactly 13 gallons, 26 ounces up to the bottom of the integral
filler neck on the tank.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
---- Leonard Hartnett <thehartnetts@earthlink.net> wrote:
> As one would expect, I can not find the data I am looking for in my gas
> record book(s). I clearly remember that on the return from the Snowmass
> trip with my son in 1982, pulling into a gas station out in the middle of
> Southwest Nowhere running on fumes. My Zemco driving computer was very
> accurate at that time and it told us we had no gas left. (How much would
> the fuel pump, fuel lines, and carburettors hold?) I pumped in over 14
> gallons. I just can't document that at this time. My records do show that
> I have pumped in as much as 13.5 gallons at various times and that was
> without running out of gas or being concerned that I might do so.
>
> I have an old gas tank that I can experiment with using the water method.
> If we can get others to report their findings, we can average them out and
> maybe get fairly reliable info on just how much gasoline a gas tank holds.
>
> (The Other) Len
> Vacaville, California, USA
> 1967 3000 MKIII, HBJ8L39031
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