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couple of questions

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1) What is the fuel tank capacity of the 1995 GPX?
2) Are the throttles normally so light your foot aches from holding it off (yeah yeah - laugh all you want!)
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1. from i remember its 60L?
2. not sure :)
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1. Yes they are a 60L
2. Yes they are light.
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Nope, 70lts :D

I had a drain plug installed, completely drained it and refilled it, with foam installed it took 68lts.
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my clutch is the opposite its really heavy, my foot gets sore if i leave my foot on the clutch at light
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brad_gpx wrote:my clutch is the opposite its really heavy, my foot gets sore if i leave my foot on the clutch at light
Then pull it out of gear. Leaving the clutch depressed for extended periods will cause premature wear of the thrust bearing - aka box out to replace.
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Bennoz wrote:
Then pull it out of gear.
^^^^^ :lol:
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i do

im just saying that if i leave it in gear my foot gets sore :lol:
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You ought try holding mine down. The left side of my entire body goes numb :lol:
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i remember when i was first learning to drive and i'd only driven manual in my car
and then i drove the instructors car and i told him i thought his clutch was broken :facepalm2:
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Shane001 wrote:Nope, 70lts :D

I had a drain plug installed, completely drained it and refilled it, with foam installed it took 68lts.
Car running on fumes juddering like sh*t and it only took less than 60 litres.
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thats interesting actually as I have put just over 60l in before and wasnt out of fuel? is there a chance that some may of been fitted with say a different tank? like they used up some old tanks they had around before new ones were availible etc?
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More likely doggy servos.
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payaya wrote:More likely doggy servos.
is "doggy" your word of the day?
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Servo's arent dodge the pumps actually calibrated to compensate for when the fuel shrinks, so your getting that little bit extra. Also I filled up my car 65L just after they calibrated the pumps and it had just reached the fuel light so still had that 3 litres or so left. So yes id say it has around a 70L tank up to the spout.
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aza013 wrote:
payaya wrote:More likely doggy servos.
is "doggy" your word of the day?
Good memory! Mines pretty doggy on the weekends usually.
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if it's a 70L tank, then 5 or 10L is unusable...
I've actually ran out of fuel before (as in I had to call RACQ to come to me on the side of the rd), and when I filled it up after, I only managed to squeeze in just over 60L (including the 5L RACQ put it), have to admit I didn't fill it up till it spilled out. And once before I have sqeezed in 64L, but that did overflow.

just my 2 cents worth :)
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