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increased fuel capacity
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:30 pm
by bingboybri
spotted a rs4 for sale.. it is a cab and its advertised as having increased fuel capacity .......does any one on here have that and is it just a bigger fuel tank?!!! its a uk spec car
RE: increased fuel capacity
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:06 pm
by approved
dont think that was an option?
RE: increased fuel capacity
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:26 pm
by PetrolDave
AFAIK there never was an official option for a larger fuel capacity.
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:52 pm
by mark758
We're down to 63 from the standard A4 70 litres aren't we?
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:03 am
by bye bye
yep, 63 poxy 200 mile a tank litres!!
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:30 am
by P_G
It says 63 but with the reserve as has been described before on this forum I would suggest it is nearer 65-70. I have managed to put 65.5 litres in the tank before, just depends on how many miles past 0 on the DIS you dare drive. 25 for me before my nerve broke and I refuelled.
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:52 am
by pippyrips
25 past 0? - good to know. I try not to get near 0 but was almost caught out - or so i thought!!
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:55 am
by bingboybri
wonder why this one is described as having increased fuel capacity then....... strange...... maybe an extra tank! but why would you bother!!
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:07 am
by pippyrips
I've seen all sorts of werid and wonderful options listed on cars in the past, some come down to ignorance and others just plain and simple lying! Suffice to say this was never an Audi fit option....
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:49 am
by psg001
P_G wrote:It says 63 but with the reserve as has been described before on this forum I would suggest it is nearer 65-70. I have managed to put 65.5 litres in the tank before, just depends on how many miles past 0 on the DIS you dare drive. 25 for me before my nerve broke and I refuelled.
You've got balls mate! I brick it when the reserve light goes on and it says I have 30 miles left and start driving it with my foot as light as a feather!
Saying that, I rarely squeeze in more than 57 litres, so must have 5 litres spare before the reserve?
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:57 pm
by RocketShip4
Feck! I thought I was getting close last night having gone 10 miles on 0, had the a/c off and everything
Only took 64L at the pump, though I didn't try hard.
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:07 pm
by PetrolDave
mark758 wrote:We're down to 63 from the standard A4 70 litres aren't we?
All quattro versions of the A4 have a 63 litre tank, so the S4 and RS4 do as well.
Having said that, I've managed to get as much as 67 litres in when using the "magic lever" in the fuel filler.
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:20 pm
by P_G
Yep, the toggle in the fuel filler neck is good for at least another 2-4 litres if you flick it (backward of forward, it's your choice) for about 5-10 seconds.
Plus if you cosnider at what rate our cars consume a litre the difference between 67 and 70 litres on a standard non Quattro tank is negligible.
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:48 am
by Iain_S4
managed to get 70 litres in this morning.....
the most yet....and 400mile range on the DIS afterwards.
maybe a good thing that i put the half gallon I had in the garage in the car before leaving home this morning
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:15 pm
by kr
P_G wrote:Yep, the toggle in the fuel filler neck is good for at least another 2-4 litres if you flick it (backward of forward, it's your choice) for about 5-10 seconds.
Plus if you cosnider at what rate our cars consume a litre the difference between 67 and 70 litres on a standard non Quattro tank is negligible.
What Toogle?
can't remember seeing anything/even looked for a lever.
Kris