GAS/FUEL TANK CAPACITY - 2020 MODEL

[BruceHF]

I live near Niagara Falls and my daughter and 2 grand kids were visiting from Halifax but stayed overnight with friends in Brampton about 130km away. I went to pick them up knowing that I would have to use gas to get there and and back and while I started with a full battery charge ( 21k) and about half a tank of gas the guess-o-meter (for the lack of a better word) indicated I could go just over 420 km so in my head I had sufficient gas to do the 260 km there and back home which we did but.....

The minute we pulled into the driveway one grand kids noticed he had left his Omni Pod ( for diabetes) and was needing it urgently, so after dropping the rest off, my daughter asked for the car and immediately left going all the way back.

Needless to say hat when she returned she was exhausted saying the the fuel gage kept tell her to fill up as both the battery was showing --- and fuel --- ( both out) before I could fill up I charged the battery to get to the gas station) and when I did fill the tank it took 38.2L. According to the manual it should have taken 43L.
Anyone experience something similar. I know the tank was empty , it was flashing like mad.

 

[DaveL59]

I'd guess the range and flashing warning would kick in when it hits the 'reserve' level which on a regular ICE car would give you around 30-60 miles remaining, so maybe a gallon or so before there's not enough to reach the pickup well? That'd seem about right (43L less 4.6L gets approx your 38.2L).

That said, if you brim the tank when filling there's potentially an extra gallon more than the tank capacity, so dunno really

 

[ronnieracoon]

I live near Niagara Falls and my daughter and 2 grand kids were visiting from Halifax but stayed overnight with friends in Brampton about 130km away. I went to pick them up knowing that I would have to use gas to get there and and back and while I started with a full battery charge ( 21k) and about half a tank of gas the guess-o-meter (for the lack of a better word) indicated I could go just over 420 km so in my head I had sufficient gas to do the 260 km there and back home which we did but.....

The minute we pulled into the driveway one grand kids noticed he had left his Omni Pod ( for diabetes) and was needing it urgently, so after dropping the rest off, my daughter asked for the car and immediately left going all the way back.

Needless to say hat when she returned she was exhausted saying the the fuel gage kept tell her to fill up as both the battery was showing --- and fuel --- ( both out) before I could fill up I charged the battery to get to the gas station) and when I did fill the tank it took 38.2L. According to the manual it should have taken 43L.
Anyone experience something similar. I know the tank was empty , it was flashing like mad.

I'm not clear, but it seems you drove 4 segments of 130km or..520 km...with half a tank in winter
which is 350km approx. How did you not run out of gas let alone stress out?

 

[BruceHF]

Thanks DaveL and Ronnnieracoon, You both have valid comments especially that I did NOT fill it to the rim. The minute the gas hit the inflow pipe I stop and I guess it would have taken more, how much more I am not sure.
Ronnieracoon, yes we were stressing out, but one thing to remember that with the PHEV it runs in 'series' mode' so with the motor running it is still adding small amounts of power to the battery and every now and then the battery was driving the wheels; it showed over that distance it used just under 20% of EV battery so I guess even though I had exhausted the original battery power and driving in B and D it added power to the battery without recording just how much but used whatever it added.
Whatever the case I am thinking of the next long trip I take I will take a gascan of a few lites and really see what I get although someone said you should never run completely and athen fill it up (unless doing slowly) as it can cause an air-lock??????

 

[littlescrote]

I live near Niagara Falls and my daughter and 2 grand kids were visiting from Halifax but stayed overnight with friends in Brampton about 130km away. I went to pick them up knowing that I would have to use gas to get there and and back and while I started with a full battery charge ( 21k) and about half a tank of gas the guess-o-meter (for the lack of a better word) indicated I could go just over 420 km so in my head I had sufficient gas to do the 260 km there and back home which we did but.....

The minute we pulled into the driveway one grand kids noticed he had left his Omni Pod ( for diabetes) and was needing it urgently, so after dropping the rest off, my daughter asked for the car and immediately left going all the way back.

Needless to say hat when she returned she was exhausted saying the the fuel gage kept tell her to fill up as both the battery was showing --- and fuel --- ( both out) before I could fill up I charged the battery to get to the gas station) and when I did fill the tank it took 38.2L. According to the manual it should have taken 43L.
Anyone experience something similar. I know the tank was empty , it was flashing like mad.

Why didn't she just put some fuel in and not be stressed?

 

[BruceHF]

Only she can answer that. I asked the same question and she said she did not know how to open the filler cap AND just wanted to get home to sort out her sons omnipod.
Of course I just wanted to know what the real capacity of my gas tank is and this was a pretty good exercise though unplanned for

 

[AndyInOz]

The fuel cap defeated me when I first bought mine.

I was in the servo, had the manual with me, and it still took half an hour to find it.

What a strange place to put the release!

 

[DaveL59]

The fuel cap defeated me when I first bought mine.

I was in the servo, had the manual with me, and it still took half an hour to find it.

What a strange place to put the release!

huh? I guess its in the same place as all the ICE cars I've had over the last couple decades so for me it was natural to just reach down and yank the lever, tho I do have to remember that the filler is on the left side when I stop at the pumps