Are all tourings fitted with long range tanks?!

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320Touring
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Post Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:18 pm

My 320 touring is confuzzling me at the moment...

ran it with the fuel light on for 17 miles, then took it to fill the tank...

took 55 litres to fill it to the BRIM...

thought the tourings should have a 66(ish) litre tank?!!

is this true?

can someone please enlighten me... :mad: :?
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Post Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:27 pm

i thought so as well
mine had then i needed a new one and gsf gave me a normal tank
which dont take as much as the old one
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Post Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:35 pm

My '89 320 touring has a 61 litre tank...
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Post Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:08 pm

normally u can run for 40ish miles (urban) (i have had 50+ on a motorway run in my old 320) from the minute the fuel light comes on
may be if you run it for a bit longer b4 you fill up next you may get a more accurate reading, just a thought mate
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Post Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:36 pm

My owners handbook (1990 model year) says all Tourings (and all convertibles and all 6cyl cars for that matter) have 62ltr tanks.
I once got 55ltr in mine before the light came on (I s'pose the light may not even work - never seen it).
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Post Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:07 am

got the big tank on mine, and says 60 ltrs on the dial