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Re: Gas Gauge

not to pick a fight with Al, but I'm not too sure i'd try this...you risk
burning out your fuel pump, or at least shortening its life.  the only
lubrication and cooling your fuel pump gets is from being constantly
immersed in gasoline.  runing dry is not a good thing.
--ldt.

At 02:02 PM 8/28/97 CDT, Al Powell wrote:
>Re:  gas gauge discussion - if you want to know how much gas your 
>tank holds, wait till it gets low, put a 2-gal can in trunk, drive 
>until it STOPS.  (I suggest avoiding fast lanes across long 
>bridges while in this mode...)
>
>Pour in gas from can, drive to nearby gas source, fill up.  Take pump 
>reading, add 2 gals. to get approximate total usable capacity.

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