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> What is the capacity of the stock fuel tank in a 71?, How many gallons or liters?
vin man
post Apr 15 2017, 06:07 PM
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How much gas does the stock tank hold?
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post Apr 15 2017, 06:29 PM
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According to the 914 Technical Specifications booklet it's 62 liters/16.4 gallons.
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post Apr 15 2017, 06:33 PM
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The manual claims it's 16.4 gallons, including a 1.6 gallon reserve (the warning light comes on when there are 1.6 gallons left). I did some measurements on mine and couldn't get it fuller than about 15.5 gallons. I did the measurements to calibrate my gas gauge. The summary below explains what I did and the results:

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post Apr 15 2017, 11:18 PM
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Thank you!
I put aftermarket gauges in the car and reads about 1/4 after 9 gallons so now I know how much I have left.
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post Apr 15 2017, 11:55 PM
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Thanks Larry
The data you collected should be in the classics section. This will be useful when calibrating our fuel gauges.
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post Apr 17 2017, 09:06 AM
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QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Apr 15 2017, 11:55 PM) *

Thanks Larry
The data you collected should be in the classics section. This will be useful when calibrating our fuel gauges.

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post Apr 17 2017, 12:30 PM
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In California it's a struggle topping off the tank with the government mandated vapor recovery sleeves on the fuel nozzle. You have to reach down and pull the sleeve back to keep the flow of fuel going to get it close to 16 gallons. Not that I would EVER do that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)
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post Oct 27 2019, 01:10 AM
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QUOTE(Larry Hubby @ Apr 15 2017, 05:33 PM) *

The manual claims it's 16.4 gallons, including a 1.6 gallon reserve (the warning light comes on when there are 1.6 gallons left). I did some measurements on mine and couldn't get it fuller than about 15.5 gallons. I did the measurements to calibrate my gas gauge. The summary below explains what I did and the results:

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I also have a 71 914, and this chart is very useful.
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