Petrol tank capacity

[G-force]

Exactly how many litres is the petrol tank capacity in a rev 3 turbo?

I wanna work out the miles I get from my tank bone dry.

[JohnnyC]

55litres.

I've had 471 miles and the tank wasn't bone dry (in my NA)

[G-force]

55 litres??

Dude are you sure?? maybe thats for a rev 5 that you have? I wanted to know what the rev 3 one was.

I fill up when its pretty much at the bottom and I get in 42 litres (even then I have done a lousy 160 miles at that point). Surely I dont have 13 litres left in there already...

[steve]

it's 55 litres

my fuel light comes on at approx 40 litres used, after 70 odd miles with it on i managed to get 54 litres in

[-:[KM]:-]

55 litre capacity

45 litre to red light - 10 litre reserve (but don't test that!)

[mattcambs]

I wanna work out the miles I get from my tank bone dry.

Out of interest, why do you want to know that?

[G-force]

I wanna work out the miles I get from my tank bone dry.

Out of interest, why do you want to know that?

So that I can work out the true number of miles I get out of my tank. 160 miles up to the point of filling up is obviously quite inaccurate. I work this out with every car I have.

[mattcambs]

Fair play

Another way you could easily work out your range without draining it right down:

Work out your fuel economy accurately: brim tank, reset trip, drive as per normal for a 100 miles (or whatever, doesn;t really matter). Then re-brim tank at same pump, note how many litres went in and how many miles that took. i.e. miles per litre.

MR2 tanks are 55 litres, so times your average miles per litre by 55

No point relying on fuel gauges as they're all differently inaccurate. Not wise driving on fumes and then conking out

[L0rdMike]

Its true its 55L but the light does come on with about 10L still in it.

I used to get 230-250 miles when the light came on.

[mattcambs]

I managed 37mpg on a non-stop motorway run in my rev3 turbo. Put another way: I could do about 445 miles from a tank if I drove carefully, non-stop

[L0rdMike]

I managed 37mpg on a non-stop motorway run in my rev3 turbo. Put another way: I could do about 445 miles from a tank if I drove carefully, non-stop

I have had 42mpg out of my Rev3 Turbo once.

[mattcambs]

I have had 42mpg out of my Rev3 Turbo once.

Wow! That must have been at a steady 50mph in 5th? Mine was at a very steady 70mph

[L0rdMike]

I have had 42mpg out of my Rev3 Turbo once.

Wow! That must have been at a steady 50mph in 5th? Mine was at a very steady 70mph

56mph mostly behind the fastest Lorry I could find.