Thanks MFA, if your are correct that the pump shuts off at 60 gal. on your unit, and you are able to get 20 more in. I will have the range i was looking for if mine will do the same. Since I am already able to travel at least 450 miles. That extra 20 gal. should be just enough if i can get it in.
We have a Jayco HG 33SS, a gasser- they made about 70 and then quit, I have put about 70 gals. in once so I know I can get that much out. It is supposed to have an 80 gal. tank and I believe them. It is not the size of the tank that matters, it is how much you can get out of the tank that counts. The only way to find out is to run out and then fill it, but who wants to do that.
Bill
Bill and Karen
Chloe, the Golden Retriever
2006 Jayco Seneca HG33SS
I have a 2007 Gulf Stream Conquest Super C built on the Kodiak Chasis with the Chevy (C55000 8.1 vortex engine). I just filled up when the gas gauge was just about showing 1/2 full. It took 44 gallons. GS says that I have an 80 gal. tank. My biggest problem is that it takes forever to fill, as the pump keeps shuting off. This happens whether I hold the pump or put it on automatic. Seeing my Chevy dealer next week. Since dropping my speed to 55-60 MPH I have been getting between 8-9.6 mpg towing a Saturn ION.
Major Domo wrote: I have a 2007 Gulf Stream Conquest Super C built on the Kodiak Chasis with the Chevy (C55000 8.1 vortex engine). I just filled up when the gas gauge was just about showing 1/2 full. It took 44 gallons. GS says that I have an 80 gal. tank. My biggest problem is that it takes forever to fill, as the pump keeps shuting off. This happens whether I hold the pump or put it on automatic....
IMO, I think it just has a poor vent system. Here's my take: The large fuel fill line goes into the side of the tank several inches down from the top. Once the fuel level gets higher than that, the displaced air in the tank has to go out through a small hose that comes out the top of the tank. I haven't traced that hose, but I suspect that it goes to some fuel vapor canister somewhere. In mine, you can't get enough air through that vent system once the fuel gets up that high to keep up with even the slowest steady fill rate from a gas pump. So therefore the last 20 gallons is just trickle-pump, stop, trickle-pump, stop, trickle-pump, stop, trickle-pump, stop, trickle-pump, stop, etc.
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