Got a blonde question. Is my gas tank super small?

Chevys of that era that were made into RVs came with a optional 33 gallon tank.

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26425658.cfm

Maybe that will help. I had a 1985 Fiesta on G30 and it's been a while but I think it had the 22 gallon tank. Looks like in the linked thread reports of 22, 33, and 55 gallons.

path1 wrote:
Or is your gas gauge off that much? First step I would do is crawl underneath and look at it and get some measurements in inches. Then go to some fish aquarium web site that has a calculator that you can put in your measurements of your tank and gives you how many fluid gallons. Like this one...http://www.firsttankguide.net/calculator.php

No, not a blond moment.

Crawling underneath and looking at the tank is a very good idea. I've run out of gas in two Jeeps (one borrowed and one rented) where people had high centered the gas tanks on rocks and pushed the bottoms in. On both of them, the gas gauge worked down to about 1/3 of a tank and then the float arm was resting on the bottom of the tank. Maybe someone was bad at backing up and drove the MH over something hitting the tank. Stranger things have happened.

Bill

So what does the owners manual say the capacity of your gas tank is? I'm guessing you put in about 22 gallons and have about a 30 gal tank? You'll get about 300 miles at 60mph, maybe a little less?

I doubt if there's a smaller tank available than the factory original or anyone would have put one it it. Everyone, including you, is looking for a large tank.

Bill

Or is your gas gauge off that much? First step I would do is crawl underneath and look at it and get some measurements in inches. Then go to some fish aquarium web site that has a calculator that you can put in your measurements of your tank and gives you how many fluid gallons. Like this one...http://www.firsttankguide.net/calculator.php

No, not a blond moment.

I owned a Class C that only had a 25 gal tank. I had to plan on stopping ever 200 miles.