60 or 80 liters, got the answer
Good simple answer 745turbogreasel. I drained my tank using the philips head screw/bolt at the bottom of the tank and measured how much fuel it took to fill the tank. It was a little over 16 gallons. I do tend to overfill my tank. 60 liters equals 15.85 gallons and 80 liters equals 21.13 gallons.
The owners manual that stated the tank size is 21 gallons was not the original manual that came with the car so some of the 1985's must have had the 80 liter tank.
ngoma's link to replacing the tank definitely shows the difference between the two tanks.
I'm fine with 16 gallons for now. That will give me 480 miles at 30 mpg, or at least over 400 miles with a little fuel in reserve.
My gauge is accurate. With the needle still inside the red portion of the gauge, just at the left edge of the red portion, there was still a little over 2 gallons of fuel in the tank.
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