Peugeot 106 (1991 - 2002) - Petrol station con?

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Sun 24 Feb 2008 15:31
Petrol station con? - scfc_151
Is it possible to fit more than 45 litres of fuel into the tank of a 106?

Its a 45 litre tank and we got over 48 litres of diesel in at the station today! It was only just on the red too!

It just makes me think wether the petrol station pumps are callibrated correctly and are we getting ripped off even more with increasing fuel prices?
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Sun 24 Feb 2008 15:38
Petrol station con? - Dynamic Dave
Allowing for tollerance differences of the manufactured tank and the filler pipe (if you brim fill), yes it's possible to get more fuel in the tank than what the handbook suggests.
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Sun 24 Feb 2008 17:00
Petrol station con? - Armitage Shanks {p}
Petrol pump calibration and delivery are both checked very regularly and very closely by Weight and Measures, probably now called Trading Standards. There is no chance that have paid for more fuel than you actually got - there is a %age error permitted but is something stupid like +/- 0.002%. Relax - you are OK!

Edited by Armitage Shanks {p} on 24/02/2008 at 17:01

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Sun 24 Feb 2008 17:38
Petrol station con? - jc2
You may have received more fuel than you paid for but you won't have got less.
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Mon 25 Feb 2008 20:35
Petrol station con? - blue_haddock
yes it is possible to get more than the stated tank size into a car. Remember some is held in the fuel lines plus the actual filler neck holds a fair amount too.
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