Greg Wallace wrote:
On Saturday, April 29, 2006 @ 5:39 PM, James Knott wrote:
Peter B Van Campen wrote:
I remember having to buy transmission oil in Canada in 1969. the Quarts were 40 ounces. So an Imp Gallon would be 4 Imp Quarts (160 Oz) or 5 US Quarts (160 Oz).
It's not quite that simple. You're forgetting about the different ounce sizes.
Actually, I lived in Canada for a while and it was as Peter described. A gallon was 160 oz and a quart 40 oz.
I also live in Canada, and while an Imperial gallon has 160 ounces, it's a smaller ounce than the American. As I mentioned in another note, while the ratio of the number of ounces in an American and Imperial gallon is 4/5, the actual volume is 5/6. This can be verified, by comparing the number of litres in each gallon. In Imperial, it's 4.546 litres/gallon. In U.S., it's 3.785.