Only Getting 8 Gallons on Fill Up

Gen III no bladder.

 

LOL I thought we had settled that earlier in this thread.

 

Bladder problems can be persistent.

 

As was pointed out to me.

 

Alfon said:
>> If the canisiter was damaged it would need to
be replaced without charge by Toyota under their
warranty period.


Not sure I understand. Using this same logic... if the manual doesn't state in big letters that you shouldn't crash into a building... that if you DO crash into a building Toyota would need to fix the car?

 

It is addressed by every gas station in big letters.

 

Being on vacation, I finally tried running our tank closer to empty.

When I filled up I had been on the last pip for some time, I think close to flashing a warning, considering how long since it went from 2 to 1 pips.

I typically fill until the pump first shuts off, no more. Doing that, I put in 35.78 liters (9.3 US gallons). Tank is spec'd as 45 liter, I'm guessing that quantity is with the tank full to the neck, and there is likely a liter or two less gas in the tank at first shut-off.

So guestimating a little: when the warning comes on I've got roughly 6 liters remaining, about 1.5 US gallon.

 

That's a different story. That is there to prevent gas being spilled on the ground.

 

It is there to prevent direct evaporative emissions, yes. It is a different enough story to want to do it to the car even though the CAR might not say it in big letters?

 

i wonder if any gen 3 owner has run out of gas intentionally, or by any other means... i have read that it could be difficult to start the car after running out of gas.... i would like to know if
anyone has put in over 11 gallons.....guess it would take guts to push it that far...possible due to bad weather...... i have put 10.7 gallons once....50.9mpg....no complaints

 

Bob Wilson did it at least 3 times to find out what would happen. As I recall all it took was some gasoline and starting the engine to get going again. The earth didn't spiral out of orbit and fall into the sun like the hand wringers had been predicting.

He also verified the true fuel tank capacity as a hair over 11.9 gallons. IIRC, it took just over 12.0 gallons, but do a search for his reports here on PC. He did a nice thorough job of reporting it.

 

Been there. Just hope no one notices and move on.

On the other hand, DON'T leave the car at an airport while you are on vacation and forget to turn off the automatic key/fob sensor. If you do, it will run down the battery (God knows which one) and you won't be able to restart the car without a slow over-night, trickle-charge! It's the little things that count.

 

Just to verify: is that no longer the case with gen III, ie: if the key fob is out of range for several days the car's key detection system shuts down, and battery drain reduces.