Fuel tank size

[adood84]

its listed in the car handbook that my car has a 63L tank , 3 days ago I had some papers to finish and didn't have to fill up when I finished , the car had enough fuel for 20 kms (According to the on the on-board computer) I turned of the engine and started filled up the tank up all the way up , no here is what got me thinking about this , I filled the tank with 63L (which only costs 5.6 GBP :rolleyes: :p ) , the tank size is 63 , and me filling it up with 63 although it actually had some fuel in it , is the tank size accurate or is it maybe the petrol station has bad equipment ?

[Moe]

Yes yes adood we know fuel is cheaper out there no need to rub it in every time :p

[Big m.o.]

the OBC calculates the mileage in accordance to your driving. It is only a projection. 60 - 63l sounds about right from empty.

[Mud]

The fuel pump is not 100% accurate or anywhere near that infact, and depending on the temperature the same amount of fuel can take up more (if not) or less (if cold) "space" in the tank.

[Vin]

inaccuracy i would say, drove my SLK into petrol station with 1 mile left on the range, the car has a 70 litre tank but only took 63 litres