Hope this has some general interest.
My recent trip West had me filling up when empty or available. On one
occasion when the gauge was showing nearly empty the tank took 76.6
litres without taking the special time consuming efforts necessary to
squeeze in the last few litres. I was a little surprised (and
suspicious about the pump metering) as I understood the T3 had a
70lire tank.When I aired this with the service station attendant he
said he had the same feeling when he filled his own tank.In normal
motoring I'd be unaware of this but it was the only time I've put in
over 70 litres unless I was also filling the unconnected additional
tank in my car. The forecourt was flat and the temperature was around
15 degrees C.
I rang the petrol company on my return who referred me to the grocery
chain concerned and they said they would check and get back to me.
That was well over a month ago and I am wondering if a follow up is
warranted or as they remarked at the time its likely to be the built
in expansion factor.My Bentley manual shows 2 nylon? expansion tanks
in addition to the main metal one and my factory handbook states the
capacity as APPROX. 70 litres. Interesting? Does anyone authoritively
know or can point me in the right direction to avoid egg on my face if
I follow up? Had no luck with a Google search.
Thanks
Roger
'92 T3 Syncro
PS The trip was so good in a synro campervan. If anyone is ever losing
faith in their syncro can I remind you there is nothing like it for
seeing this great country of ours.Sorry but I have to include a photo
of the extreme SW corner of WA where the Indian Ocean meets the Great
Southern Ocean.