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___I had a strange mpg/fuel capacity problem pop up this morning … I started to fill her up and began cleaning the windows … After a bit, I thought “that’s strange, the pump is still running?”. I went and checked the pump and it was just passing 13.0 gallons!
___I was gunning for my first 1,000 mile tank and hit it although I only had maybe 5 - 10 miles worth of fuel left (115 miles after the low fuel light). Instead of filling up with ~ 11 - 11.2 gallons as expected, it took all of 13.436 gallons! I always top off the Ford, Toyota, and Acura and they have a hell of a reserve up into the vapor canister’s tubing but the Insight has always taken between 10.6 and 11.0 gallons with fuel right up to the edge of the filler neck. I spoke with the BP stations attendant but of course he only said our pumps are mandated by state law to be accurate so that is how much fuel you filled up with …
___With that, I have a real world calculated mpg of just 74.83 mpg = 1005 miles/13.436 gallons. My Trip A and B showed 90.0 mpg over the 1005 miles and with individual segment trips as shown below, it was or should have been just about dead on.
(2) ~ 200 mile segment mpg’s of 91.1 and 78.4 respectively, (6) ~ 95 + mile segments of 86, 87, 91, 91, 102, and 105 mpg over the course of 5 days in temps ranging from 27 degrees to 82 degrees F.
___The dead on part should have been almost dead on except for the 13.436 gallons? Either that particular BP station (Bolingbrook, IL) took me for 2 + gallons of regular unleaded or I might have a 1200 + mile range on the next tank? I only saw this anomaly one other time on my first fill after picking the car up from Sioux Falls, SD as described here: Lmpg and instantaneous mpg confusion ???
___Has anyone ever filled up their little beauties with > 13 gallons of fuel? I didn’t think it was possible until this morning and if not, I know a particular BP station I will be speaking to again in the morning …
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___[email:j74g7p4k][email protected][/email:j74g7p4k]
___I had a strange mpg/fuel capacity problem pop up this morning … I started to fill her up and began cleaning the windows … After a bit, I thought “that’s strange, the pump is still running?”. I went and checked the pump and it was just passing 13.0 gallons!
___I was gunning for my first 1,000 mile tank and hit it although I only had maybe 5 - 10 miles worth of fuel left (115 miles after the low fuel light). Instead of filling up with ~ 11 - 11.2 gallons as expected, it took all of 13.436 gallons! I always top off the Ford, Toyota, and Acura and they have a hell of a reserve up into the vapor canister’s tubing but the Insight has always taken between 10.6 and 11.0 gallons with fuel right up to the edge of the filler neck. I spoke with the BP stations attendant but of course he only said our pumps are mandated by state law to be accurate so that is how much fuel you filled up with …
___With that, I have a real world calculated mpg of just 74.83 mpg = 1005 miles/13.436 gallons. My Trip A and B showed 90.0 mpg over the 1005 miles and with individual segment trips as shown below, it was or should have been just about dead on.
(2) ~ 200 mile segment mpg’s of 91.1 and 78.4 respectively, (6) ~ 95 + mile segments of 86, 87, 91, 91, 102, and 105 mpg over the course of 5 days in temps ranging from 27 degrees to 82 degrees F.
___The dead on part should have been almost dead on except for the 13.436 gallons? Either that particular BP station (Bolingbrook, IL) took me for 2 + gallons of regular unleaded or I might have a 1200 + mile range on the next tank? I only saw this anomaly one other time on my first fill after picking the car up from Sioux Falls, SD as described here: Lmpg and instantaneous mpg confusion ???
___Has anyone ever filled up their little beauties with > 13 gallons of fuel? I didn’t think it was possible until this morning and if not, I know a particular BP station I will be speaking to again in the morning …
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___[email:j74g7p4k][email protected][/email:j74g7p4k]