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Mercedes-Benz: 92 400e fuel capacity?

  1. #1
    John
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    92 400e fuel capacity?

    Bought a 1992 400E a month ago. Love it. No manual yet. What is the
    fuel tank capacity? It seems small.

    John Ross

  2. #2
    jfo
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    Re: 92 400e fuel capacity?

    Yeah, or maybe the car is just 'thirsty' !?

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    Mike
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    Re: 92 400e fuel capacity?

    jfo wrote:
     

    Heh! Even the feds declared it as a gas-guzzler:

    http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/8922.shtml

    Not that my 500 SEL does any better...

    --
    mike


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    Rob
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    Re: 92 400e fuel capacity?

    Had my 92 400E since new. I believe fuel capacity is about 18 gallons. It
    takes about 15 gallons if I fill it up just when the reserve light comes on.
    Rob

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    Rob
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    Re: 92 400e fuel capacity?

    I checked at lunch time--18.5 gallons including 2.4 gallon reserve.
    Rob
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    sdp1s
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    Re: 92 400e fuel capacity?

    On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:13:54 GMT, Mike Jackson
    <ntc.nokia.com> wrote:
     
    It gets better mileage than my Ford Crown Victoria got, but it was
    not listed as a gas guzzler. Other than MPG, what is the criteria for
    "gas guzzler"?

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    sdp1s
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    Re: 92 400e fuel capacity?

    On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 11:27:13 GMT, John Ross <netcom.com>
    wrote:
     
    I could not find for the 400E, but
    500E= 23.8gal (same chassis and body as the 400E)
    400SE= 26.5 gal

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    Mike
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    Re: 92 400e fuel capacity?

    sdp1s wrote:
     

    I suppose it's the size class to fuel consumption ratio. On that site,
    they had listed it as a "compact" car. Only in the US would a 400E be
    listed as a "compact" car. Sort of reminds me of the man who tells his
    wife "Honey, did you shrink my jeans AGAIN?" :-|

    --
    mike


  9. #9
    Mike
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    Re: 92 400e fuel capacity?

    sdp1s wrote:
     

    My 1985 500 SEL (126 body) has an 80 litre tank with a 10 litre reserve,
    IIRC. Once, I drove for about 50 km after the low fuel light appeared -
    since there weren't any petrol stations around. The needle was as far to
    the left as it could go. When I refueled, it only took 77 litres. I
    probably could have driven at least another 80 kilometers or so before
    the car died. But it's really, really bad if you let an old car with
    fuel-injection run out of fuel. All of the junk in the bottom of the
    fuel tank can get sucked into the injectors, and replacing 8 fuel
    injectors is not cheap.

    --
    mike



 

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