Fuel tank capacity - how many miles?

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Shed_1978

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Gents,

My fuel gauge is not working at the moment; I need to do a bit of investigating - and probably replace or mend the Sender.

In the meantime whilst I run the full tank of petrol down - in owners experience how many miles am I likely to get for mixed motorway / town driving. If it's 15 gallon - I'd estimate at 200-odd miles at 15mpg? Car is a 1974 3500 auto.

Cheers,

Steve
 
Hi Steve

My car is a manual and returns an average of 25 mpg so I usually fill up every 300 or so miles. I do a mix of short and long journeys. Best bet is to do a couple of hundred miles then see how much it takes to fill up. That'll give you an idea of how far you can push it. It helps to have a working reserve tap too :D

Hope that helps

Dave
 
Thanks Dave, would be nice to have a rough figure on mileage per tank for the time being.

25mpg is very impressive (its' all relative!) my P5B would struggle to 18-19mpg I would have thought (I fitted LPG which certainly helps though!)

I have just built a 496 cu in stroker V8 for another classic, and I'll be lucky to get into double figures for mpg I'd guess. :shock:

Cheers,

Steve
 
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