The 26 litres in the 2014+ RT's & all F3's is the
total volume of the gas tank all inclusive as calculated on the drawing board, with the 3.8 liters or so left after the gauge hits
Empty kept there on purpose to
stop you damaging the fuel pump & injector system by running it out of gas, cos those important components/systems
use the gas left in your tank as both lubricant and coolant, and running out of gas means you have neither for those critical components!! Try to avoid doing that
EVER!! Doing so
WILL cause microscopic and cumulative damage that only gets worse over time!! :cus:
And that '
Reserve' capacity is a furphy, maybe put in there by the PR/Marketing mob just to fool the gullible masses into thinking that they're getting something a bit more like 'old school motorbikes' than they really are! The Spyder is just like your car - there's no Reserve, and you really should try to fill up at around a 1/4 of a tank, or as soon after the Low Fuel Light comes on as possible, without
EVER running it empty! Only we all know that both the Fuel Gauges and the Low Fuel lights on our Spyders aren't anywhere near consistent or even as reliable or accurate as spit, so
ALWAYS make it your practice to press/reset a trip meter whenever you fill up, and never go further than your worst ever range on a (23 litre
) tank of gas without considering a refuel ASAP! :lecturef_smilie:
So if you could
absofreakinlutely completely fill the gas tank, you
MIGHT manage to squeeze 26 litres into it, but you're not likely to ever achieve that in the normal course of events simply cos there will always be a need for some air space in there; plus a bit of expansion space for the gas as it warms & expands from its cooler '
in the ground' temp to the usually higher '
ambient temp'; and probably a bit of optimism in the calculation too, cos they most likely used the outside dimensions of the tank to work out its volume without taking into account any overlaps or folds, creases, etc in the metal during the manufacture of the tank!
As a result of all that, if you
DO ever manage to pump a measured 26 litres into your tank at any gas station, I'd suggest that you
don't ever buy gas from that outlet again, cos their litres are most likely smaller than they really should be and they're ripping you off! :banghead:
So unless you want to significantly and rapidly detract from your Spyder's performance & fuel economy, you probably should work on getting a
MAXIMUM USABLE volume of gas in your tank of about 23 litres in the 2014 & up RT's & all F3's, cos all the rest of the available space/volume/capacity is kept there for some very important purposes! :lecturef_smilie: The 2013 & earlier RT's & all the GS's, RS's, RSS's, & ST's only had a
usable volume of about 20 litres in their tanks.
