Am giving my mates mini, 1979 998cc, a bit of a refresh. One thing I noticed was the tank seems smaller than mine. It does not have the same shape, and just looks, well, smaller! I know the right hand tank is smaller, but the standard saloon left hand tank, they are all 7.5 Gallon right?
Fuel Tank Size
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, May 08 2013 08:05 PM
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Posted 08 May 2013 - 08:05 PM
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Posted 08 May 2013 - 08:47 PM
No, early cars have a 5.5 gallon LH tank. A 5.5 gallon right-hand extra tank was an option on the bigger engine cars and could be fitted to the 850 and 1000 models.
I can't recall when the change from 5.5 to 7.5 happened.
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Posted 08 May 2013 - 09:00 PM
Way later than anyone ever thinks, the small tank was still fitted to low spec models until 1980. Both large and small tanks were available '76 to '80.
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Posted 08 May 2013 - 09:10 PM
Ok, thanks for that, I was going to fit my old 7.5 tank, vented as I went to injection so its spare. Guess all I'll need is a bigger strap then.
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Posted 08 May 2013 - 10:52 PM
Imagine what it was like with a Mk.1 Cooper 'S' 1275 with just a 5.5 gallon tank and only about 28 mpg in normal driving. You needed to re-fuel every 120 miles if a sensible reserve was to be left.
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