Re: '96 Cherokee Tank capacity
 

Mine has taken as much as 18 gallons, and I DID run it out of gas once,
it did NOT fry the fuel pump, I just put gas in it, switched the
ignition on and let the fuel pump run for about 10 seconds or so, and
she fired right up.

I also set the trip meeter when filling the tank, at 300 miles it's time
to get gas, but it's usually closer to 320 before I do.

Oh, and if you are really low on gas and it looks like the gage is
starting to move up again get gas RIGHT NOW, the engine is about to stop.

Funny, I'd totally forgotten until that happened but my 1960 Studebaker
Hawk did exactly the same thing.

Guys, I am NOT afraid to drive this Jeep even with over 300,000 miles.
So far this year I've got a picture of the Jeep with the St. Louis arch,
the Mississippi River at Natchez, the St. Laurence River at Lake
Ontario, and in a few weeks I should have one more with the mouth of
Tampa Bay and the Sunshine Skyway.

Jeff DeWitt

idiot_free_in-MD wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed that while the owner's manual states the capacity at
> twenty gallons, the tank never holds more than sixteen? I have tried running
> the thing empty, but no matter how low the gauge reads (to the pin, actually),
> that thing won't run dry. Is it possible that the sending unit or gauge are
> faulty in some way? I've not checked either, so I'm open to suggestion.
> TIA
> -S
>

Re: '96 Cherokee Tank capacity
 

Mine has taken as much as 18 gallons, and I DID run it out of gas once,
it did NOT fry the fuel pump, I just put gas in it, switched the
ignition on and let the fuel pump run for about 10 seconds or so, and
she fired right up.

I also set the trip meeter when filling the tank, at 300 miles it's time
to get gas, but it's usually closer to 320 before I do.

Oh, and if you are really low on gas and it looks like the gage is
starting to move up again get gas RIGHT NOW, the engine is about to stop.

Funny, I'd totally forgotten until that happened but my 1960 Studebaker
Hawk did exactly the same thing.

Guys, I am NOT afraid to drive this Jeep even with over 300,000 miles.
So far this year I've got a picture of the Jeep with the St. Louis arch,
the Mississippi River at Natchez, the St. Laurence River at Lake
Ontario, and in a few weeks I should have one more with the mouth of
Tampa Bay and the Sunshine Skyway.

Jeff DeWitt

idiot_free_in-MD wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed that while the owner's manual states the capacity at
> twenty gallons, the tank never holds more than sixteen? I have tried running
> the thing empty, but no matter how low the gauge reads (to the pin, actually),
> that thing won't run dry. Is it possible that the sending unit or gauge are
> faulty in some way? I've not checked either, so I'm open to suggestion.
> TIA
> -S
>

Re: '96 Cherokee Tank capacity
 

Mine has taken as much as 18 gallons, and I DID run it out of gas once,
it did NOT fry the fuel pump, I just put gas in it, switched the
ignition on and let the fuel pump run for about 10 seconds or so, and
she fired right up.

I also set the trip meeter when filling the tank, at 300 miles it's time
to get gas, but it's usually closer to 320 before I do.

Oh, and if you are really low on gas and it looks like the gage is
starting to move up again get gas RIGHT NOW, the engine is about to stop.

Funny, I'd totally forgotten until that happened but my 1960 Studebaker
Hawk did exactly the same thing.

Guys, I am NOT afraid to drive this Jeep even with over 300,000 miles.
So far this year I've got a picture of the Jeep with the St. Louis arch,
the Mississippi River at Natchez, the St. Laurence River at Lake
Ontario, and in a few weeks I should have one more with the mouth of
Tampa Bay and the Sunshine Skyway.

Jeff DeWitt

idiot_free_in-MD wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed that while the owner's manual states the capacity at
> twenty gallons, the tank never holds more than sixteen? I have tried running
> the thing empty, but no matter how low the gauge reads (to the pin, actually),
> that thing won't run dry. Is it possible that the sending unit or gauge are
> faulty in some way? I've not checked either, so I'm open to suggestion.
> TIA
> -S
>

Re: '96 Cherokee Tank capacity
 

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:19:33 -0700, Earle Horton wrote:

> Faulty gauge. Mine doesn't start to move until I have burned five or
> six gallons. I think yours might actually be better, but it's no fun
> staring at that needle on empty, is it?

8 below, 10:30 on a Friday night, halfway between Burlington, CO and
Colby, KS. Now that will keep the pucker factor up when the low level
light blinks at you! I can't ever remember passing that many closed gas
stations on a major interstate. Lesson learned...

Re: '96 Cherokee Tank capacity
 

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:19:33 -0700, Earle Horton wrote:

> Faulty gauge. Mine doesn't start to move until I have burned five or
> six gallons. I think yours might actually be better, but it's no fun
> staring at that needle on empty, is it?

8 below, 10:30 on a Friday night, halfway between Burlington, CO and
Colby, KS. Now that will keep the pucker factor up when the low level
light blinks at you! I can't ever remember passing that many closed gas
stations on a major interstate. Lesson learned...

Re: '96 Cherokee Tank capacity
 

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:19:33 -0700, Earle Horton wrote:

> Faulty gauge. Mine doesn't start to move until I have burned five or
> six gallons. I think yours might actually be better, but it's no fun
> staring at that needle on empty, is it?

8 below, 10:30 on a Friday night, halfway between Burlington, CO and
Colby, KS. Now that will keep the pucker factor up when the low level
light blinks at you! I can't ever remember passing that many closed gas
stations on a major interstate. Lesson learned...

Re: '96 Cherokee Tank capacity
 

Heh! 25F below with a nasty wind driving through the Indian Reservation
in NW Minnesota at 9 PM and the 'oil' light starts blinking. REAL pucker
factor! (bad sensor)

Will Honea wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:19:33 -0700, Earle Horton wrote:
>
>
>>Faulty gauge. Mine doesn't start to move until I have burned five or
>>six gallons. I think yours might actually be better, but it's no fun
>>staring at that needle on empty, is it?
>
>
> 8 below, 10:30 on a Friday night, halfway between Burlington, CO and
> Colby, KS. Now that will keep the pucker factor up when the low level
> light blinks at you! I can't ever remember passing that many closed gas
> stations on a major interstate. Lesson learned...

Re: '96 Cherokee Tank capacity
 

Heh! 25F below with a nasty wind driving through the Indian Reservation
in NW Minnesota at 9 PM and the 'oil' light starts blinking. REAL pucker
factor! (bad sensor)

Will Honea wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:19:33 -0700, Earle Horton wrote:
>
>
>>Faulty gauge. Mine doesn't start to move until I have burned five or
>>six gallons. I think yours might actually be better, but it's no fun
>>staring at that needle on empty, is it?
>
>
> 8 below, 10:30 on a Friday night, halfway between Burlington, CO and
> Colby, KS. Now that will keep the pucker factor up when the low level
> light blinks at you! I can't ever remember passing that many closed gas
> stations on a major interstate. Lesson learned...

Re: '96 Cherokee Tank capacity
 

Heh! 25F below with a nasty wind driving through the Indian Reservation
in NW Minnesota at 9 PM and the 'oil' light starts blinking. REAL pucker
factor! (bad sensor)

Will Honea wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:19:33 -0700, Earle Horton wrote:
>
>
>>Faulty gauge. Mine doesn't start to move until I have burned five or
>>six gallons. I think yours might actually be better, but it's no fun
>>staring at that needle on empty, is it?
>
>
> 8 below, 10:30 on a Friday night, halfway between Burlington, CO and
> Colby, KS. Now that will keep the pucker factor up when the low level
> light blinks at you! I can't ever remember passing that many closed gas
> stations on a major interstate. Lesson learned...

Re: '96 Cherokee Tank capacity
 

In article <6a1401617e19c@uwe>, "idiot_free_in-MD" <u29798@uwe> wrote:

> Has anyone else noticed that while the owner's manual states the capacity at
> twenty gallons, the tank never holds more than sixteen? I have tried running
> the thing empty, but no matter how low the gauge reads (to the pin, actually),
> that thing won't run dry. Is it possible that the sending unit or gauge are
> faulty in some way? I've not checked either, so I'm open to suggestion.
> TIA
> -S

My gauge never goes above F, and the furthest I've ever pushed it
brought the needle below E, somewhere a little over 250 miles, was to
just 18 gallons below full. Never even got 19 into that tank.

B