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Old 05-29-2014, 10:35 AM   #539 (permalink)
PaleMelanesian
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
I also try to avoid going over 10 gallons. When you go much past 10.5 the fuel pump has trouble keeping pressure up and the car will often stall on bump start or key start. You can always solve that by double-keying to prime the pump, but that's a PITA.
Been there, done that. When I did a max-distance tank I was triple and quadruple keying it. So far the Fit hasn't shown even a hint of that issue.
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