I just got my CX-5 carbon turbo. Yesterday was my first time putting gas. The dashboard was showing 1 line before the empty. I put 8 gallons and now it shows completely full. How is this possible when the tank is supposed to hold 15 gallons.
Well let's see now.I just got my CX-5 carbon turbo. Yesterday was my first time putting gas. The dashboard was showing 1 line before the empty. I put 8 gallons and now it shows completely full. How is this possible when the tank is supposed to hold 15 gallons.
Even if I ignore the gauge showing, it was showing 60 miles left before empty, let's say 20mpg and you get 3 gallons left. Still lot less than the 7Well let's see now.
The tank holds 15 gals and you put in 8. Assuming that you filled it up completely.
15 - 8 = 7
So when your gas gauge showed one line before empty you had 7 gallons in the tank. That's how it's possible.
FYI. On my CX if I run the tank down to, what the car tells me is ZERO miles remaining till empty, the tank still has ~ two gallons remaining.
Even if I go by that it said 60 miles left, 20 mpg so 3 gallons left, but still lot less than 7people often forget that a gas gauge is not linear. that is each line does not represent an equal amount in the gas tank. Sure the visual representation makes it seems like 4 lines each should represent 1/4th of the tank capacity.. but that is not how it works in reality. Additionally the slope of the ground is going to influence the gauge reading. Manufactures will always give empty warnings EARLY because.. well people need time to find fuel. For your modern vehicle use the fancy computer that says ## miles of range and correlate that to the visual gas gauge.
Even if I ignore the gauge showing, it was showing 60 miles left before empty, let's say 20mpg and you get 3 gallons left. Still lot less than the 7
I've seen this before and countless people on here do it with 0 repercussions. I'm not invalidating your argument, but a quick search has not found a specific thread that clearly shows that topping off a tank has broken something. Anecdotally when gas it cheap or they run out of regular and I get high test for the same price, I ram my tank full full full and yet, I have not had a problem. This might be an old wives tale, regardless of what literature you produce that states otherwise.I hope the OP didn’t “top off” the tank when fueling. This is a common mistake with modern vehicles and can result in costly repairs. Just stop at the first ‘click’. Some worry that the pump will ‘click’ early, but I’ve done this on my last three vehicles and the tank was always full.