What's the capacity of the '87 16V Scirocco gas tank? It was originally sold in Massachusetts, if that makes a difference.
I remember looking it up somewhere and finding 12 gallons.
I just did it again, and found a replacement tank, which claims a capacity of over 14 gallons.
I'm asking because mine wouldn't start this morning. When they got it to the shop, there was no fuel appearing in the engine compartment. They put $5, 1.6 gallons, in it and it started right up. They declared it was empty, which made sense. This was surprising, because from the position of the gauge that morning I'd have figured I was about nine gallons down, not twelve. I paid for it and drove it around to the pumps to fill it up. The gauge is just a bit higher than it was when it wouldn't start, so I figure the gauge is gone. Then I filled it up and it only took 7.2 gallons. 1.6 + 7.2 is 8.8 which is damn close to the 9 I expected from the gauge. More importantly, it's now full, the gauge says so and the pump shut off automatically. And I've put well over 11 gallons into that tank, at that pump, on several occasions. So, there was still something like three gallons (if it's 12, more if it's 14) still in the tank.
I'm thinking something blocked the outlet from the tank to the fuel pump, and when they put the gas in it sloshed away.
Any other ideas?
- Bill