Put 18 gallons of gas in a 15.9 gallon gas tank... worm hole?

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Old 05-16-2005, 01:33 PM
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Default Put 18 gallons of gas in a 15.9 gallon gas tank... worm hole?

So I read in the owners manual that it's a 15.9 gallon tank. Today I filled up and 18.03 gallons fit in it! Do gas tanks stretch with age????

No really, any of you guys fit more gas in it than specified?
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Default I have.

I put 62 litres in my 60 litre tank.

I thought it was just the "reserve" section. I thin,k (keyword is think) these tanks are rated to just above the R marks. So in reality they are larger than what the manual says.

I'm just guessing here... :P
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what model audi do you have? quattros are 18gal
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you could have overflow into your carbon canister and evap?
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My 1986 sales brochure says 16 gal on the 4000 Quattro
Old 05-16-2005, 06:15 PM
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Default I think my tank is 60L plus an 8L reserve

which would make sense, as i've put in about 63-64 at most
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85 4kqs
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4kq has a larger tank
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it's larger than that
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i have OEM tank- 18.* gallons(US)


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