s_firestone
Well-known member
That is how much fuel I was able to pump into the Galant after running out of gas (only had to push the car about 50 feet, which is about as far as I would ever want to push this car).
I have rarely ever been able to get more than 15.4 gallons in the tank when filling up. The capacity of the fuel tank is listed in the service manual as 16.3 Gallons. I attribute being able to get .7 gallons more than the rated capacity to expansion of the fuel vessel (due to the weight of the fuel) and maybe filling up into the filler neck. I turned on the key so the fuel pump would be running after about the first few gallons (so any air would be purged from the loop, and so the tank level would not drop). Temperature was in the 50s F (but had been colder). I literally gave up after 10 minutes of filling up and the fuel level never finished dropping. I think I could have squeezed another few 10ths.
I have rarely ever been able to get more than 15.4 gallons in the tank when filling up. The capacity of the fuel tank is listed in the service manual as 16.3 Gallons. I attribute being able to get .7 gallons more than the rated capacity to expansion of the fuel vessel (due to the weight of the fuel) and maybe filling up into the filler neck. I turned on the key so the fuel pump would be running after about the first few gallons (so any air would be purged from the loop, and so the tank level would not drop). Temperature was in the 50s F (but had been colder). I literally gave up after 10 minutes of filling up and the fuel level never finished dropping. I think I could have squeezed another few 10ths.