A6 Fuel capacity question
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A6 Fuel capacity question
A friend of mine has a 2004 Audi A6 4.2 (I think this is the one with
> the 300 hp V-8). He e-mailed me the following question:
>
> "My car was close to empty today when I filled up the tank. I was
> surprised to
> see my receipt say that I paid for 22.807 gallons, when according to
> the owner's manual, the fuel capacity of my car is listed as 21.7
> gallons. The
> manual does say that there's a 2.4 gallon reserve, but I thought that
> was part
> of the 21.7 gallon total capacity. You think there's something
> fishy happening at Lukoil (siphoning profits to prop up Putin perhaps?)
> or am I misunderstanding how the fuel reserve is calculated?"
>
> Does someone who is familiar with the A6 4.2 know the answer? My
> understanding from my cars (BMW, Dodge, MINI, Honda) is that the fuel
> capacity spec in the owners manual is in fact the total storage
> capacity for the tank.
>
> Thanks for any insights you can provide.
>
> /Rich
> the 300 hp V-8). He e-mailed me the following question:
>
> "My car was close to empty today when I filled up the tank. I was
> surprised to
> see my receipt say that I paid for 22.807 gallons, when according to
> the owner's manual, the fuel capacity of my car is listed as 21.7
> gallons. The
> manual does say that there's a 2.4 gallon reserve, but I thought that
> was part
> of the 21.7 gallon total capacity. You think there's something
> fishy happening at Lukoil (siphoning profits to prop up Putin perhaps?)
> or am I misunderstanding how the fuel reserve is calculated?"
>
> Does someone who is familiar with the A6 4.2 know the answer? My
> understanding from my cars (BMW, Dodge, MINI, Honda) is that the fuel
> capacity spec in the owners manual is in fact the total storage
> capacity for the tank.
>
> Thanks for any insights you can provide.
>
> /Rich
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He must have been pretty empty, i have never gone over 20 gallons
Could have been they filled the neck up to the cap. To thebest of my knowledge the owners manual specifies total including reserve. the 2.4 gallons is when the light goes on
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