I filled my 2007 e350 sport sedan and drove about 6 miles to the office. Parked in a location not too visible from the building. Returned several hours later and saw that the gas gauge reported tank was down maybe 5-8 gallons. No smell of gas anywhere in the car. After driving home, I filled it thinking that the gauge was providing a faulty reading. But no, in fact the fuel usage was consistent with "normal" miles per gallon on the drive home (about 3 gallons) plus the loss shown on the gauge. After parking car overnight, fuel tank was still full this am.
Questions: could someone have stolen gas from the tank? I thought that was almost impossible (car wasn't necessarily locked so could have gotten access to the filler tube) to siphon gas from "modern" cars. Could I have a leak but no gas odor at all? That seems strange. Could the car have burned 5-8 gallons diving six miles? Without rough engine or any check engine lights?
Very strange, would be interested in comments from this group.
Thanks
Questions: could someone have stolen gas from the tank? I thought that was almost impossible (car wasn't necessarily locked so could have gotten access to the filler tube) to siphon gas from "modern" cars. Could I have a leak but no gas odor at all? That seems strange. Could the car have burned 5-8 gallons diving six miles? Without rough engine or any check engine lights?
Very strange, would be interested in comments from this group.
Thanks