Fuel Tank Capacity.

DanW · Post by **DanW** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:53 pm

Anyone got any idea what it is in the MK3? I can't get hold of my hanyes manual (I'm at uni and the books at home).

Thanks,

Dan

polock · Post by **polock** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:05 pm

The only info i can find online at the moment suggest a 42 litre (9 gallon) capacity.

Hope this sounds about right and of some help.

Brian

DelG40 · Post by **DelG40** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:17 pm

Yeah, I also believe it's 42 litres.

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:32 pm

Sure is.

Steve_O · Post by **Steve_O** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:32 pm

Yep indeedy - the magical 42!!

ZippY · Post by **ZippY** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:22 pm

Yup, 'tis all true.
Don't put any more in or it goes all over your feet and the manager of the filling station asks some serious questions

That's how I found out the capacity of the tank before getting my Haynes

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:22 pm

I thought it was 43litres, or 9.3 gallons, those are the figures I have in my head.

Not that it makes much difference...

DanW · Post by **DanW** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:28 pm

as you might have guessed I'm trying to estimate my MPG, someone of either here or porka wrote it and I can't remember who (was it DelGT?).

clicky

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:37 pm

Why not just record the mileage between two top to top fills and how much you put in at the end of that mileage.. that way you don't need to drain the dregs out of the bottom of your tank, and you'll get a reasonably accurate measurement of volume of fuel if you just go top to top and read off the pump..

DanW · Post by **DanW** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:06 pm

GroovyCarrot wrote:Why not just record the mileage between two top to top fills and how much you put in at the end of that mileage.. that way you don't need to drain the dregs out of the bottom of your tank, and you'll get a reasonably accurate measurement of volume of fuel if you just go top to top and read off the pump..

last time I filled up it was nearly a full tank soooo. If I run it to the same stage or there abouts again. That'll give me a fair estimate.

Hopefully I'll get more than 320miles out of this tank

Otherwise that's less than 34mpg, on a fairly open route/high speed route, not just stuck in traffic.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:58 pm

its officially 42 litres, but unless the petrol stations are fiddling the figures you can squeeze a litre or two more in there - if it's been run bone dry.

best to just fill it to the first click-off and measure how much you put in on each fill and how far you went. the cut off will vary slightly between stations, but not enough to cause significant error out of say 30 litres. (probably enough to cause big error if you only go far enough to use the minimum 2 litres though!)

Fionadilston · Post by **Fionadilston** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:36 pm

think I am getting in the region of 350 miles out of a tank ...country and town driving not motorway where it may but I would never rely on it being a little more than that ...my polo is an early mk 111 h reg facelift model with nearly 72,000 miles on the clock

dub envy · Post by **dub envy** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:44 pm

In the 5 years that I have owned my GT I've never actually worked my mpg out. I always fill it up too..

metz · Post by **metz** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:58 pm

I get atleast 100 miles to a tenner..if i take it steady and don't try to race every car that passes me i get more.