Could someone tell me how many gallons my tank holds? I have a 1988 Fiero notchback. The woman I bought it from said that the gas guage was messed up and she always filled up at a 1/4 tank. Yesterday I filled it up at half because it was the first day I had it, and it took 7 gallons. Eric told me that his tank holds 9, so I'm wondering if maybe the gas guage is messed up a little more than she thought? Or maybe my tank is just bigger? Any help???

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~Springtyme~

in not sure but i think they have 10 or 11 gallon tanks.

I checked the Haynes manual and it says 1985...1988 has a 10.3 gal tank. I thought it was 11.5. I've put 11 gallons + in my 87.

The guages are notoriously in error and the fuel pick up for the fuel pump from the gas tank gets out of position, for my 88 runs out of gas at 1/4 tank which when filled, holds 10 gal.

84, 85, 86 hold 10.3 gal.

87 & 88 hold 11.9 gal.

'87-'88 Fieros hold 11.9 gallons.

Some gauges read wrong (emoty at 1/4 tank, etc.), but you should still be able to use most of the gas that is in there.

I have owned many '88 Fieros and I could squeze out every last drop in almost all of them. My current daily driver ('88 GT) will go until it is nearly bone dry......when I fill up it is usually 11-11.5 gallons, so when I'm empty, I'm empty!

Your best bet is to fill your tank until it is completely full and drive it until it literally runs out of gas (make sure you have a 1 gallon gas can!). This will tell you when it is empty (look at the gauge to see where it's at) and you can figure out your gas mileage too. That always helps when you are getting low......if you know your mileage you can extrapolate how much gas you should have left in the tank.

My '84 runs out at a little less than 1/4 tank. Always wondered if I could remove the needle and glue it back on to read empty. I know it would mis-read on the full end but that wouldn't matter.

Running vehicles out of gas is hard on fuel pumps as the fuel acts as a coolant-lube, especially on a pump that has high mileage. On my 88 I fill up the gas tank every 200 miles,just reset the trip meter every time you fuel up.

Both of my 88's (Coupe and GT) have run out of gas when the gauge says 1/4 left.

I reset the tripmeter too, but I try to stop for gojuice when it gets to 150.

So, Springtyme, how are you liking your car?

[This message has been edited by Cheever3000 (edited 09-01-2001).]

I like it =) I've never had a car that handled or braked this well. I think it has warped rotors, and it needs an alignment, but other than that it runs great. I planned on going to the car show today up in Marshfield, but I kept hitting the snooze button on the alarm clock and never got up in time Oh well, at least the car is clean now! I'll post pictures in the GFC forum as soon as I can. Thanks for asking! And thanks for all the help guys!

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~Springtyme~