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Old 10-18-2010, 10:57 PM
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Last time when I changed my fuel tank Strainer, my tank was EMPTY n I put about a gallon with small gas tank so I could get to gas station to fill up n it only took 15.4 Gallon.
What you put in it doesn't determine it's capacity.

Your '96 has a 21.1 gallon fuel tank.....your MPG beliefs are faulty. (Way off.....)

'96 E300Ds do not get 42 MPG - nor anywhere near it.....if they did, they would go 886 miles per tank - NOT ONLY 550 miles per tank.


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Here u calculate this I filled it up n drive in highway for 196 miles n I filled it up n it only took 4.6 gallons. When I calculate it I was shocked. I was going all 60 MPH n taking uphills easy.
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Old 10-18-2010, 10:59 PM
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you need to run a scan gauge 2
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Old 10-18-2010, 11:01 PM
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you need to run a scan gauge 2
Wut is that
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Old 10-18-2010, 11:07 PM
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Here u calculate this I filled it up n drive in highway for 196 miles n I filled it up n it only took 4.6 gallons. When I calculate it I was shocked. I was going all 60 MPH n taking uphills easy.

I have done 42 MPG with my 96 E300 n that was highway going 60MPG. I get almost 550 per tank driving city n highway.
I believe your calculations are off.

The car has a 21.1 gallon fuel tank, you should be getting 886 miles per tank.....NOT "550 per tank."
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Right now, at this moment my gas gauge is in the middle which I have half tank gas n I have done 237 miles.
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Right now, at this moment my gas gauge is in the middle which I have half tank gas n I have done 237 miles.

You claimed: 42 MPG, which translates to 886 miles per tank.

Were that true, you would not only be getting only 550 miles per tank.

The car has a 21.1 gallon fuel tank, so you should be getting 336 miles per tank MORE.

I believe your calculations are off.
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Old 10-18-2010, 11:19 PM
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Do you guys really believe that Kinghais doesnt have a 16 gallon tank?
If the dude thinks his tank is 16 gallons or 5 gallons, does it matter?

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Right now, at this moment my gas gauge is in the middle which I have half tank gas n I have done 237 miles.
Ok isnt this discussion about a diesel powered W210? Why are we moving to gasoline?

Next, what does the fuel gauge reading "2/4" have to do with traveling 237 miles? Does anyone else agree 'indicated 1/2 full' has nothing to do with 50% capacity? It has been my experience in many vehicles '1/2 full' on the gauge is in actuality about 3/8 capacity.

OK, so who here LOVES their W210? We are having good service from ours so far. Two thumbs up.
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Old 10-18-2010, 11:25 PM
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Do you guys really believe that Kinghais doesnt have a 16 gallon tank?
If the dude thinks his tank is 16 gallons or 5 gallons, does it matter?
Yes, it does matter - he claims his car (a '96 E300) gets 42 MPG.

So, when anyone claims that their car gets 42 MPG, but only goes 550 per tank fill - they are missing 336 miles of distance somewhere.

So, when they make a wild claim of getting 42 MPG on a 21.1 gallon fuel tank - however, need to fuel up every 550 miles.

If his car really got 42 MPG, it would go a distance of 886 miles per tank.

It tells the story about their original claim of "42 MPG."
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Old 10-18-2010, 11:27 PM
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Our W210 gets 39.x mpg every 2 -3 fill ups.
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Yes, it does matter - he claims his car (a '96 E300) gets 42 MPG.

So, when anyone claims that their car gets 42 MPG, but only goes 550 per tank fill - they are missing 336 miles of distance somewhere.

So, when they make a wild claim of getting 42 MPG on a 21.1 gallon fuel tank - however, need to fuel up every 550 miles.

If his car really got 42 MPG, it would go a distance of 886 miles per tank.

It tells the story about their original claim of "42 MPG."
I never said I "always get 42 mpg".I only did it once when I traveled to MD.
I get about 550 every week driving to work n that's mix city n highway mileage
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Old 10-18-2010, 11:39 PM
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Our W210 gets 39.x mpg every 2 -3 fill ups.
I'm very happy for you. However, many miss the point.

These cars, '96 -'99 E300s are not capable of the wild claims of MPG many are making. Anytime they deliver 30 to even 32 mpg on any fill-up - you are calculating the upper end of what they are capable of. They are not capable of consistently returning anything over 30 MPG. No way in Haites.
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I never said I "always get 42 mpg".I only did it once when I traveled to MD.
I get about 550 every week driving to work n that's mix city n highway mileage
If you ever get 886 miles out of ANY TANK, you will then be getting 42 MPG.

550 miles per tank, on a 21.1 gallon fuel tank, ain't 42 MPG.

That single claim of MPG mileage proves nothing. These cars are not capable of 42 MPG. If they were - mine would have achieved it in the past 11.5 years of owning and driving it since new in 122K miles.
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And if I prove otherwise, would you believe me?
And after all of that, what is the point?
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And if I prove otherwise, would you believe me?
And after all of that, what is the point?
A '96 - '99 does not achieve the wild claims many are making by "clocking this fill-up, or that fill-up."

Start filling up, then clocking your miles driven until the engine dies from the tank being empty. - That's my answer to you.

If they were capable of getting the MPG many claim, I would have also achieved it. They do very well to return any tank fill up of 30 or better. You might even have a fluke tank fill of 34 MPG. The rest are miscalculations - and are definitely not tanks run from full to empty.

If the guy that claims his car gets 42 MPG, runs any tank until the engine dies from being empty - he will understand why his car doesn't go 886 miles per tank. He will then understand why he has been filling up at the 550 mile mark per tank.

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