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Savage Chick Junior Member Offline Ride Free! Posts: 81 Greenville, SC Gender:	Gas Tank Capacity 07/02/08 at 16:28:21 Ok...I'm SURE this has already been discussed...but I couldn't find it by doing a search. Sorry. I need to know what the capacity of my 96 Savage's gas tank is. I'm guessing...including reserve. Thanks!!!!!
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ALittlebird Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 495 Louisville, KY Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #1 - 07/02/08 at 16:34:27 My 2001 is 2.8 including reserve.
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Savage Chick Junior Member Offline Ride Free! Posts: 81 Greenville, SC Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #2 - 07/02/08 at 16:40:10 *THANK YOU!!!!!!*
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ALittlebird Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 495 Louisville, KY Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #3 - 07/02/08 at 18:06:02 No problem.
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #4 - 07/02/08 at 20:58:05 Savage Chick wrote on 07/02/08 at 16:28:21: ....I need to know what the capacity of my 96 Savage's gas tank is.... Put the petcock on prime, ride 'til it dies, push to a gas station and fill to the rim. My tank takes 2.93 gallons -- yours may be different.
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Re: Gas Tank Capacity
Reply #5 - 07/02/08 at 22:17:30

Paladin. wrote on 07/02/08 at 20:58:05:

Savage Chick wrote on 07/02/08 at 16:28:21:

....I need to know what the capacity of my 96 Savage's gas tank is....

Put the petcock on prime, ride 'til it dies, push to a gas station and fill to the rim.

My tank takes 2.93 gallons -- yours may be different.

better yet, take a gallon with ya, i hate pushing.. i did the same. didn't pay attention to the fill up, i was looking for reserve cap.

country roads 55 i got 33 miles, did it again on the slab, got 27.

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toddlamp8 Full Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 241 Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #6 - 07/03/08 at 06:04:36 what do you guys use as a stopping point when gassing up? Do you let the nozzle stop on its own as you would with a car or do you look in and stop it at a certain point? I've stopping the flow manually at the bottom of the filler neck to get as consistant of a fill as i can for mileage purposes.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #7 - 07/03/08 at 06:57:18 I get as much as I can in every time.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #8 - 07/03/08 at 12:53:23 i watch as i fill never have trusted the auto shut off. i had a proble a couple of months ago was filling let go of handle thing just kept a pumping. i threw it down and pushed off.. it shut off when it hit the ground. i always straddle the bike in nuetral just incase something like that happens, and it does..
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Reply #9 - 07/03/08 at 13:32:32

I NEVER fuel the bike while sitting on it. I don't particularly want to wear the fuel if it overflows, or I slip with the nozzle. It isn't likely, but it is possible for the fuel to ignite if it happens to spill onto the hot engine or exhaust pipe. And I figure I have to get off to go pay, or go use the restroom, so I just get off in the first place.

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steely Senior Member Offline Posts: 325 Tulsa, Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #10 - 07/03/08 at 15:23:38 I always fill the tank until the pump says I have put two gallons in. I have found that if I put much more in, I end up with fuel leaking out of the cap in hard turns.
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Reply #11 - 07/04/08 at 05:04:38

I checked my factory workshop manual for my 2008 S40. They all appear to be the same through all years 10.5 liters including reserve. So that's 8.0 + 2.5 reserve.

I did notice a change in the engine oil capacity spec. The 96 model is 2.4 liters for an oil and filter change. The 08 is only 2.0 liters for the same oil and filter change.

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buttgoat1 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1042	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #12 - 07/04/08 at 06:05:36 I filled up last night (2.09 gallon @ 106 miles) tryin to get it to the bottom of the neck for consistency. Still did a nice vomit past the cap when I stood Betty. I thought the cap usually sealed better than that.
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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #13 - 07/04/08 at 06:19:45 Especially in Summer, leave a little room for expansion; although a crotch full of gasoline did stop the dog from getting to chummy.
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ALfromN.H. FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Dragon Slayer Posts: 1421 Rochester, New Hampshire Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #14 - 07/04/08 at 06:30:03 I filled up yesterday 2.25 gals/130 miles = 57.77 mpg. Not bad for around town. I fill it to the bottom of the filler tube everytime. I usually fill up at 100 miles but was pushing it yesterday. AL
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