Fuel capacity?

[Wolfie]

Everywhere I look it says the m1009 has a 27/gal tank...why does my '86 only take 20 gallons?

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Check if the tank is dented.

 

[CUCVFAN]

Or, the sending unit is wrong...

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Do these trucks have a system like modern fuel injected gassers with the fuel vapor return lines and all that? I had a Ranger where the charcoal canister was practically solid and after replacing it I could put an extra gallon or two in on empty tank fill ups.

 

[bigbee]

It's 27 with the extra can on the back

 

[NorthPatrol]

I was kind of wondering that myself. I was a little under 1/4 tank and filled it. Now if the tank truely is 27 gallons it should have taken over 20 to fill it and it only took 16. That would make it a 20 gallon tank?

Hmmmm.......

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Should be 28 or so gallons just like all of them. GM only offered a 28 or 31(32?) gallon tank in the K5 Blazers/Jimmy's.

 

[NorthPatrol]

Should be 28 or so gallons just like all of them. GM only offered a 28 or 31(32?) gallon tank in the K5 Blazers/Jimmy's.

Not completely accurate. Up until 1978 they offered a 20 and 31 gallon tank. After that they offered a 24 and 31. However in the specs for the M1009 they list it as having a 27.

And if you look at replacement tanks that are offered they list them as 25 and 31.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Ah, you are right.

http://www.coloradok5.com/specs.shtml

 

[Wolfie]

No dents that I know of...I'll have to check the sending unit 'cause this is royally confusing now...perhaps someone changed my tank somewhere along the way.

 

[wsucougarx]

Re: RE: Fuel capacity?

Check if the tank is dented.

It would have to be a pretty big dent

 

[AJMBLAZER]

RE: Re: RE: Fuel capacity?

You'd be surprised.