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Originally Posted by r_p_ryan
There's at least 4 ounces of fuel in the distributor and tubing to the injectors. This is after the fuel return line. To make the math easy lets say the car gets 20 mpg. So 128 ounces gets 20 miles, or 6.4 ounces per mile. So if he was 2/3 mile away from the fuel station when the problem started I'd believe it.
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Good points, thank you. May I continue the math? When accelerating away from the station, I'd expect less economy, maybe 10 mpg or less until he was up to speed, so it could be a bit less than the 2/3 mile. With a heavy foot, maybe half of that, 2/6 or 1/3 of a mile, not including any fuel added by idling until pull away? Not quite immediate, but closer to it...
Best Regards,
Jim