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From: Arcadia ,Ca
Car: 82 firebird s/e 83 Trans Am
Engine: 5.0L 305ci 4b carb.....CFI
Transmission: TH200C....700R4
Weird?
I went to get gas today and gave the cashier 60$ .I got 91 octane and started filling up.I thought it would start to top off around 15 gallons or so.But it kept flowing,took a 60$ worth of gas,18.993 gallons to be exact(3.15$ /g)
Im stumped,I thought our tanks only held 16 gallons or so.So why did mine take almost 19 gallons
I was bone dry empty when I rolled in but still.
It was for my White 83 CFI BTW.
Ive never had this happen with my blue car ever
So my question is....is this normal? Do I have a leak somewhere and its escaping through there?I look under the car all the time and see no gas.So if there was a leak does the gas evaporate into thin air as soon as it makes contact with air
Maybe that will explain why I never see gas on the floor.
Or maybe the previous owner installed a larger gas tank
Im stumped,I thought our tanks only held 16 gallons or so.So why did mine take almost 19 gallons
I was bone dry empty when I rolled in but still.It was for my White 83 CFI BTW.
Ive never had this happen with my blue car ever
So my question is....is this normal? Do I have a leak somewhere and its escaping through there?I look under the car all the time and see no gas.So if there was a leak does the gas evaporate into thin air as soon as it makes contact with air
Maybe that will explain why I never see gas on the floor.Or maybe the previous owner installed a larger gas tank
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From: Carmel NY
Car: 85 IROC Ht
Engine: 383 carb
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: Moser 12 bolt 411
Maybe that pump is rigged . Allthough I no nothing about the CFI camaro . I thought the tanks are the same too . Go back and fill up a gallon type can , and if it is off report them we,are paying to much get rippet off .
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From: Bloomingdale,IL
Car: 91 RS
Engine: 305 Tbi (L03)
Transmission: 700r4
Yeah sure sounds like a scam, but most gas stations are smart enough to make it a little less obvious. Your not gonna miss seeing or smelling 3 gallons of gas on the ground.
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From: Fort Lauderdale
Car: 1991 Pontiac Trans Am
Engine: 305
Transmission: 700r4
Your car definately did not take that much gas. Stock, your car would have been pouring gas all over the ground. At least 9-10 dollars worth. At 3 dollars a gallon, for the past few weeks, on empty, my car takes 40-45 dollars to fill up(when it was 25 dollars a couple years ago!
) You've been ripped off, intentially or otherwise.
) You've been ripped off, intentially or otherwise. Member

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From: Elkhart, IN, USA
Car: 77 K20 80 K2500 93 C2500 94 K1500
Engine: 350 350 454 350
Transmission: 350 465 80E 60E
Axle/Gears: 4.10 3.73 5.13 3.73
you've been had... no way that tank held that much, especially if you drove it to the pump.
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