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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...although this is more of a seasonal issue, consider how much the same volume (gallons) of fuel can expand between HOT and COLD temperature extremes, which will affect how "quickly" the gas tank can appear to become full.
...anybody know the expansion rates of gasoline and diesel?
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It's about 0.05% per degree F. So with my 34 gal tank, 0 deg F vs 100 deg F means a variation of 1.7 gal (for the same mass of fuel). That's pretty extreme though. A 15 gal tank with a 30 deg F variation is 0.23 gal.