Civic Type R FL5 Fuel tank
Civic Type R FL5 Fuel tank
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timwatsham

Original Poster:

237 posts

272 months

I've loved the past 3 years of my Civic - such a special car and some wonderful memories on great road trips. One of the only negatives is the small fuel tank, where I've struggled to get even 38 litres in with the range down in single figures. Not the end of the world, and normally coincides with when you fancy a break / coffee on long trips. Supposed to hold 45 litres, but I've got nowhere near...

However, I read Steve Sutcliffe's glowing review of his long termer in Auto Express last week:

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/honda/civic/367781/l...

He talks about the small fuel tank too, but said he decided to drive whilst showing 0 range and see what happened. Apparently he went 22 miles with the range on 0 and could still only get 41 litres into the tank.

I decided to try the same this week, but lost my nerve after 5 miles of driving on "0". And could only fit 39 litres in. Seems like I'm not trying hard enough...

How far has anyone else pushed it? Do I need to just man up and drive 40 miles+ with it on zero??

BlueJazz

769 posts

194 months

https://type-r-owners.co.uk/forums/index.php?threa...

Type R owners club has covered this.

Haltamer

2,622 posts

102 months

FK8 does the same thing...

Probably a feature rather than a bug to keep the Low pressure fuel pump from overheating / starvation