subaru impreza 93 L

Yep. When the fuel gauge comes to "Empty", I can generally put

8-8.5 gallons in the tank. Total capacity is 11 gallons. With regard to the milage, I am getting 26-27 mpg in the city and 30-33 highway (manual).

DK

Yeah, along the lines of the "idiot light" thread, I've noticed that when I fill up, I can drive 100 km (hwy)before the needle moves off of full. 150km later it is on 3/4. 120km to 1/2, 100 to 1/4 and 80 to empty. I once drove another 100 km on with the light on and the needle on empty, and even then, I still had 5 litres in the tank!

No exactly a precision gauge!

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Hi, Who said it is precision gauge. No gauges on automobile dash is precision like airplane cockpit gauges. Once you get familiar with the gauges, still it is more useful than idiot lights. Tony

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Correct. And to Subaru's credit, the car manual even says that once the light comes on you have another 10 litres (1/6 of the tank).

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I've always made it a point to toss a full gas can in the back, and then deliberately run my cars out of gas just so I'll _know_ where I stand relative to the gauge. FYI, they vary even among cars of the same year and model, and some are noticeably more linear than others. My '02 WRX starts sputtering right when the needle hits bottom; about

45-50 miles after the nag-light comes on. It is pretty severely non-linear as well; from a topped off tank to the 1/2 full mark is actually nearly 2/3 of the tankfull gone.

ByeBye! S.

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