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Author:  Joe Romas [ Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:00 pm ]
Post subject:  CRD Fuel tank capacity

This morning I dropped my fuel tank to put the original metal arm for the sensor float on. On another thread there was some discussion as to our real total fuel capacity. I drained most of what was left in the tank and it totally filled a 2.5 gallon can. So it was a tad over 2.5 gallons and I put it back into the tank when I was done. I then drove 3 miles to a station and filled it up into the neck with 20.038 gallons at $4.399 per gallon :shock: So 20.038 plus 2.5 gives us a 22.538 gallon tank :D After putting the original metal arm back in 2.5 gallons put the guage a hair over E with the low fuel light on. With the Cummins/Dodge float arm it read a little less then 1/4 :lol: So those that want a fuel guage to be EXACT use the Cummins/Dodge arm. "E" will really mean EMPTY. Those that want a 2.5 gallon safety net use the CRD arm :wink:

Author:  Herk [ Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:03 am ]
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CRD arm it is , thanks for doing a simple to point review :)

Author:  longview [ Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:51 pm ]
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Hmm...

I had also predicted a 22.5 gallon tank in my previous post.

I switched out my arm with the Cummins arm and the very first tank I made sure to run it until the fuel light came on.
I put 18.5 gallons back in when the light came on. So, I had a 3 gallon safety net even with the Cummins arm.
I have since then been able to repeat this several times and have never put in anything over 18.5 gallons.

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