I have just recently pulled my tank out of the '20 to clean the bottom as i thought there would be 32 years worth of gunk in it.To my surprise the only thing i collected were 2 metal shavings the size of 20 cent peices.Other than that it was very clean.So i will be running the car to E from now on.

Apparently it is bad for the car to run it so low.

its not so much about the crap thats in the bottom on the tank but more so the fuel surge that will result during cornering.

 

I'm running a 2 ltr surge tank and still wont let my car go below 1/4. fuel surge=leaning out the motor=blown motor=big bucks to rebuild

Did not think it would harm the engine in any way.Will take into consideration.

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Yeah, I ran my KE30 bone dry about a month ago while on my way to my mechanic. luckily I ran out right outside. He then gave me a lecture on the importance of not letting it get so low.

For an old corolla it wont hurt. If the tanks clean and you're not going to pick up any crap into your carby etc then I can't see an possibility for adverse effects.

 

Modern cars however.... The fuel pump won't like running dry for one, nor will the injectors. Doing it once or twice won't kill them but repeated efforts will.

I ran my 25 dry once, all i kno it was a bloody long walk to the servo Forbes park shopping center to Mick Scorpos servo. hahaha, good times. yea id say it held 40 to 45L.

 

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Ryan

it says in the manual i have 50L tank in mine but i run it empty n i only ever put like 40max in... then it just wont let me put any more in :)

thaks for all the responses guys! :) unfortunetly my gregorys manual dosent list fuel tank capacity for a ke20....

so by the sounds of things they must hold 45 litres. does anyone have a rolla manual with it listed?

the reason i started this topic was because my 4k is slowly running rough and using heaps more juice. What km/litres do other Ke20 owners get?? :hmm:

Yeah, I ran my KE30 bone dry about a month ago while on my way to my mechanic. luckily I ran out right outside. He then gave me a lecture on the importance of not letting it get so low.

HAHAHAHA i can imagine that lecture :) Hands on hips waving finger and huge tuts and no no no no

mine is a ke55. mine is a 50L

but when running it dead empty it took 43L to fill

 

my mate has a ke30 but his has like a 70 litre. must've been an aftermarket lond distance one or something.

Thats cause from the F to the E the KE30/KE55 holds 40 Ltrs. Somewhere under the E should be 10 ltrs

mine costs about $50 to fill up. i think the tank must be getting bigger though cause it only cost $40 last year.

What I never understood about the picking up the crap in the bottom story is that the fuel pick up is on the bottom any way....

For an old corolla it wont hurt. If the tanks clean and you're not going to pick up any crap into your carby etc then I can't see an possibility for adverse effects.

 

Modern cars however.... The fuel pump won't like running dry for one, nor will the injectors. Doing it once or twice won't kill them but repeated efforts will.

 

Supposedly the cat doesn't like it either, but with most modern cars you have an accurate fuel gauge and a low-level light that actually works.....unlike KEs, which have a fuel gauge that one second decides it is full and the next it's empty. Jerry-can was a constant companion in the boot of the KE55 whenever I had it, ran out of fuel on me twice.