Bought a 1992 400E a month ago. Love it. No manual yet. What is the fuel tank capacity? It seems small.
John Ross
Bought a 1992 400E a month ago. Love it. No manual yet. What is the fuel tank capacity? It seems small.
John Ross
Yeah, or maybe the car is just 'thirsty' !?
Heh! Even the feds declared it as a gas-guzzler:
-- mike
Had my 92 400E since new. I believe fuel capacity is about 18 gallons. It takes about 15 gallons if I fill it up just when the reserve light comes on. Rob
It gets better mileage than my Ford Crown Victoria got, but it was not listed as a gas guzzler. Other than MPG, what is the criteria for "gas guzzler"?
I could not find for the 400E, but
500E= 23.8gal (same chassis and body as the 400E) 400SE= 26.5 gal
I suppose it's the size class to fuel consumption ratio. On that site, they had listed it as a "compact" car. Only in the US would a 400E be listed as a "compact" car. Sort of reminds me of the man who tells his wife "Honey, did you shrink my jeans AGAIN?" :-|
-- mike
My 1985 500 SEL (126 body) has an 80 litre tank with a 10 litre reserve, IIRC. Once, I drove for about 50 km after the low fuel light appeared - since there weren't any petrol stations around. The needle was as far to the left as it could go. When I refueled, it only took 77 litres. I probably could have driven at least another 80 kilometers or so before the car died. But it's really, really bad if you let an old car with fuel-injection run out of fuel. All of the junk in the bottom of the fuel tank can get sucked into the injectors, and replacing 8 fuel injectors is not cheap.
-- mike
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