Gas Tank Capacity

[Dag Bøsterud]

The user manual for my 1990 Audi 100 states:
Fuel tank capasity 2wd: 80,0 litres
Fuel tank capasity 4wd: 77,5 litres

/Dag
1990 Audi 100 Turbo Quattro Sport Exklusiv


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cobram at juno.com>
To: <mhoepli at vif.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: Gas Tank Capacity


> The tank capacity is 80 liters.  That's a completely empty gas tank, with
> nothing in there displacing any fuel.
> You have to deduct the volume of the fuel pump, sender, hoses, baffles
> etc. from the empty capacity.  There is also at least a 1/2 gallon of
> fuel that can't be used because of the way the tank is designed and the
> pump sits.
> All manufacturers seem to use tank capacity vs useful capacity in their
> literature.
>
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of
> witnesses.
>
> "Max Hoepli" <mhoepli at vif.com> writes:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a 1986 Type 44 with turbo and Quattro, according to manual,
>> the
>> gasoline tank capacity is 80 liters, I've been told it is 75.3
>> liters.
>> Right? Whose gasoline tank capacity is 80 liters?
>>
>>
>>
>> Max
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