s2k weird gas tank!
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WTF are you talking about, a gallon is a gallon. They dont us Gallons in the UK they use liters unless I am really confused but the gallon is a US measurment like an inch or mile or ounce compared to milimeter, centimeter, kilometer and mililiter
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Originally Posted by AP1_S2k,Mar 14 2008, 05:55 PM
WTF are you talking about, a gallon is a gallon. They dont us Gallons in the UK they use liters unless I am really confused but the gallon is a US measurment like an inch or mile or ounce compared to milimeter, centimeter, kilometer and mililiter
13.2086026 US Gallons = 10.9984624 UK gallons
Perhaps where some confusion comes from?
Perhaps where some confusion comes from?
so that's why i asked the 30MPG question...
i was wondering coz i would do an almost all highway driving... vegas to SoCal(270 miles, one way) and i've been consistent with my measurement... and my results are consistent too.. i would drive cruising... i would speed up.. set cruise control... windy.. rainy.. sunny... and the results are close to each other.... 26-27 mpg(again, this would be about 95% highway)... so... im wondering what kind of driving some people do to get 30mpg(some with mixed highway/city driving)..
the only think i can think of is i only have 10k miles on my odometer, and i will get better mileage as my motor continues to break in...
hope that clarifies my previous comment...
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Originally Posted by nichigo,Mar 14 2008, 07:32 PM
i've filled up to 13.3....no joke....i think i burned gas all the way down to the fuel line 
) why do i do this? so i can get accurate reading of my gas mileage.. i know exactly how much gas i used up after the drive.. because of this.. i can fill her upto more than 14gallons... hehe... that's the reason i can do 300+ miles in one full tank.. not because im doing some 30+mpg(im doing a normal 26mpg on the highway) 
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Originally Posted by thrshr01,Mar 10 2008, 08:47 PM
You guys do know that it's bad for the pump to run low on fuel. The fuel surrounding the pump keeps it cool and helps the pump last longer.
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Originally Posted by thrshr01,Mar 10 2008, 08:47 PM
You guys do know that it's bad for the pump to run low on fuel. The fuel surrounding the pump keeps it cool and helps the pump last longer.
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Originally Posted by f20milo,Mar 10 2008, 04:31 PM
Well my story starts like this; My s2k usually tanks up with 10-11 gallons of gas more or less, but its always around that. Today i filled up and i got the sucker up to 13.1 WTF is up with that??? Im i going coocoo or what? My girl was laughing at me cause i keep looking under to see if it had a leak of some sort, and i didnt find anything. 
i dont want the car to blow up with me in it (maybe the woman, but not me ) Does this happen to anyone else????? 
i dont want the car to blow up with me in it (maybe the woman, but not me ) Does this happen to anyone else????? 
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The gas is stored under ground, so time of day has no effect on it's temperature. The meters in the dispensers measure by volume, so the temperature of the gas has no effect on the volume at delivery. If you suspect the dispensers are not accurate, call the local county office that oversees the calibrations, and they will check the suspected pumps. The fines for messing with the calibrations of the meters are huge, so only a fool would even think about doing that. I've only seen it done once in 19 years of fixing dispensers, and that dealer, was in fact a fool.
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Originally Posted by wysokowski,Mar 15 2008, 05:47 PM
The gas is stored under ground, so time of day has no effect on it's temperature. The meters in the dispensers measure by volume, so the temperature of the gas has no effect on the volume at delivery. If you suspect the dispensers are not accurate, call the local county office that oversees the calibrations, and they will check the suspected pumps. The fines for messing with the calibrations of the meters are huge, so only a fool would even think about doing that. I've only seen it done once in 19 years of fixing dispensers, and that dealer, was in fact a fool.
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Originally Posted by graymatterz,Mar 13 2008, 04:04 PM
What gives?
I suppose my fuel gauge is seriously out of whack?
I suppose my fuel gauge is seriously out of whack?
) is that Honda designed our fuel system placing our fuel pump *inside* our fuel tank. And it is engineered such that a reserve of fuel actually keeps the fuel pump cool (i.e. so as to not burn it up). Make a habit of seriously rolling miles past '0' bars...and we risk the life of that fuel pump....Dare I add, I offer this information as the voice of experience. I've replaced one fuel pump maaaaany miles back. And I am 100% certain it was not faulty by Honda...but rather because I'd run stupid-low during a 'group drive' out in the boonies with no options (it seemed to my thinking at the time). Of course, it could have always been smarter to pull into a person's driveway and ask to buy a gallon or two of fuel from them (siphoned from one car to another...straight out of their 5 gal gas can in the garage...who cares -- it'a been cheaper than the labor & parts for replacing the fuel pump
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- Dave