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09-12-2002 | 02:26 PM

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What does gasoline weigh ?

Re: Rule of thumb ... (post # 9)

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Originally posted by D_Dawg
water: 8 pounds per gallon
Gas: 6 pounds per gallon

Volume:
1 gal(US) = 128 oz = 3.875 L = 387.541cc
1 oz = 2.957 cc
You are off by a decimal place..there are 3875 cc's in a gallon (1000 cc's to a liter) and 29.57 cc's/oz
550 cc (gas) = 139.48 oz = 8.7175 lbs = 3.9542 kg = 395.42 grams

and 550cc is 18.6 fluid oz...he isn't toting 8lbs of fuel (weight). This metric stuff is sometimes mind boggling~
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