Gassing up...and up and up and up
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Last week I put 25.3 G's in a 26 gallon tank...the sprinters warning comes on at the 2 gallon mark...
Sprinter has a 100 liter tank, or 26.42 gallons (I call it 26.5 gallons). The light comes on at allegedly 10.5 liters, or 2.77 gallons. Of course, the light coming on can be very dependent on whether your are going uphill or downhill, but generally I feel comfortable going another 50 miles when the light comes on, so 2.77 seems about right. I have put in more than 26.5 gallons on several occasions.
I try not to go below 1/4 tank in the winter, especially after being lectured at length and repeatedly by an angry Moot for my doing so. I put in 27.0-something once. I was going to get fuel at this one place in rural Iowa, but they were closed, and I still had another 22 miles to go to the next place. That one actually had me a little worried. It was the middle of the night and it was about 4 degrees, so at that point I didn't have any Espar heat, either, not below about 1/8 of a tank. So if I had run out, AAA would have brought me some more, but I might have frozen before they got there. Moot was plenty hot when he found out, tho.
I've only run it down below a 1/4 (certainly not below 1/8) just a handful of times since.
In a big truck you certainly wouldn't want to run your diesel tanks down to near empty, but it's not that big a deal if you routinely do it and routinely have a diesel treatment in the tank. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I try not to go below 1/4 tank in the winter, especially after being lectured at length and repeatedly by an angry Moot for my doing so. I put in 27.0-something once. I was going to get fuel at this one place in rural Iowa, but they were closed, and I still had another 22 miles to go to the next place. That one actually had me a little worried. It was the middle of the night and it was about 4 degrees, so at that point I didn't have any Espar heat, either, not below about 1/8 of a tank. So if I had run out, AAA would have brought me some more, but I might have frozen before they got there. Moot was plenty hot when he found out, tho.
I've only run it down below a 1/4 (certainly not below 1/8) just a handful of times since. In a big truck you certainly wouldn't want to run your diesel tanks down to near empty, but it's not that big a deal if you routinely do it and routinely have a diesel treatment in the tank. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Sounds like Moot should be on a need to know basis...
Sprinter has a 100 liter tank, or 26.42 gallons (I call it 26.5 gallons). The light comes on at allegedly 10.5 liters, or 2.77 gallons. Of course, the light coming on can be very dependent on whether your are going uphill or downhill, but generally I feel comfortable going another 50 miles when the light comes on, so 2.77 seems about right. I have put in more than 26.5 gallons on several occasions.
I try not to go below 1/4 tank in the winter, especially after being lectured at length and repeatedly by an angry Moot for my doing so. I put in 27.0-something once. I was going to get fuel at this one place in rural Iowa, but they were closed, and I still had another 22 miles to go to the next place. That one actually had me a little worried. It was the middle of the night and it was about 4 degrees, so at that point I didn't have any Espar heat, either, not below about 1/8 of a tank. So if I had run out, AAA would have brought me some more, but I might have frozen before they got there. Moot was plenty hot when he found out, tho.
In a big truck you certainly wouldn't want to run your diesel tanks down to near empty, but it's not that big a deal if you routinely do it and routinely have a diesel treatment in the tank. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Is that a U.S. Litre or Metric Litre
It's whatever they use in Germany. Section 10.6 in your Sprinter Bible gives the details.Is that a U.S. Litre or Metric Litre
Dakota
Veteran Expediter
It's whatever they use in Germany. Section 10.6 in your Sprinter Bible gives the details.
I always knew Sprinters were a cult
It's true for the most part, and like all cults, it's a very religious-like thing, as all religions are cults.I always knew Sprinters were a cult
Interesting in that the word and concept of "cult" was first introduced sociological classification in 1932 by American sociologist Howard P. Becker as an expansion of German theologian Ernst Troeltsch's church-sect typology. The word as applied to what most consider a cult, a small group of wackos such as the Branch Davidians or the Moonies, is a very recent incarnation of the term, brought on primarily by the catholic church, and other mainstream religions jumped on the bandwagon, as an attempt to differentiate themselves from the wackos. They didn't like how Troeltsch or Becker characterized The Church at all, and fought back by (more or less successfully) redefining the term.
Be that as it may, what may seem cultish about Sprinters to North Americans, is run-of-the-mill routine in Europe. It's just that here we are more or less forced to participate in certain "rites" and rituals in order to have basic maintenance performed. Hey, just like the Catholic church! Except when we go to confession, instead of a few "Hail, Mary's" and five bucks into the poor box, it's more like few thousand taken out of the poor box and a few "Well, Hеll, Mary's".
Jefferson3000
Expert Expediter
I always knew Sprinters were a cult
...as are those "Mac" people. If we get the Sprinter peeps, the Mac peeps and the moon to align, we're in big trouble.
... If we get the Sprinter peeps, the Mac peeps and the moon to align, we're in big trouble.
This is the dawning of the age of aquarious . . .
LOL, I just had a vision of Cliff Clavin.
The difference is, of course, Cliff Clavin usually just made his facts up and didn't really know-it-all.
Oooh, now I get to lecture AMonger and anyone else who reads this. I can't understand why people play Kentucky Roulette with their fuel gauges. Even if you are certain that you have more than enough fumes to get to the next fuel stop an unforeseen traffic back-up due to an accident or construction can leave you stranded. Sitting in the middle of Nebraska on I-80 for 2 days during a blizzard with ⅛ of a tank of fuel could be uncomfortable.
I have run my share of miles in remote areas, cold areas and cold remote areas. I like to keep my tank above the ¼ mark. Sometimes I will stop and put in 3 or 4 gallons to make sure I make it to the next Flying Pilot and still be able to take on 15 gallons and my ½ shower credit.
Joey, have you ever run out of fuel in a boat on Lake Of The Woods with no anchor, no beer, no fish just prior to dusk?
Is that a U.S. Litre or Metric Litre
A metric litre is spelled l-i-t-r-e. A U.S. one is spelled l-i-t-e-r. An imperial one is spelled l-i-t-t-e-r.
Jefferson3000
Expert Expediter
The last driver I had in my own truck would do that. He wasn't even paying for the fuel. I told him that if he ran out, he would be the one calling roadside to get the thing up and running again, not me. Part of his particular problem was that he didn't plan his fuel stops. Plus, he let his personal life interfere with the brain juice normally allocated to do his job. Oh yeah, he was also ADHD, and I had a suspicion that he had stopped taking his meds sometimes after his wife kicked him to the curb. Turned out that I was right.
True Story: Right before I let him go, he called me from Huntsville. Our load out cancelled the previous evening and he ended up being there another day. He had fueled up on the load in, which was just over 24 hours before. He had a half a tank (100 gallons) in the truck, but wanted to know if it would be all right to put ANOTHER 50 gallons in, because he wanted another free shower for today. It always amazed me as to when he was diligent with fueling and when he wasn't.
Dakota
Veteran Expediter
The difference is, of course, Cliff Clavin usually just made his facts up and didn't really know-it-all.
Yes, and you actually do know it all