Usable Outback Fuel Capacity

Aug 16, 2004 2 Replies

Yesterday I drove from Portland to Boise in my Outback before filling up. I put 15.6 gallons in with the fill up. This got me wondering, I know the Outback has a 17 gallon tank, but how much is actually usable? If I ran it totally empty, how much gas would still be in the tank? Or to ask the question another way, Out of that 17 gallons, how much can I actually use?



Anybody have any knowledge or even good guesses?



jb


  1. > Yesterday I drove from Portland to Boise in my Outback before filling

Well, actually it's a 16.9 gal tank. I've never gotten below 1.5 left in the tank. At that point, the gauge had long been at 'E' and the warning light was on, of course. I'd rather not test the limit myself . John

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