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'97 5spd Jun 9, 2003 04:47 PM

p.o.s. gas light didn't come on......
 
I wanted to see exactly how bad my mpg is, so I decided to drive until the red light comes on, and divide that number by 16.5 since supposedly you have 2 gallons left when it lights up. I thought it was getting a little low, and boom, the car won't start, out of gas. Does anyone know why it might not of lite up, I seen it light up before, also, does running out of gas COMPLETELY f*** up the fuel pump?

ILoveMyMax Jun 9, 2003 04:53 PM

Dont do that..Bad.

Scruit Jun 9, 2003 05:20 PM

It's so much better and safer to tank up, reset your trip counter, drive until the tank shows very low, tank up again and divide the #miles on the trip couner with he #gallons in he second fillup.

matty Jun 9, 2003 06:33 PM

I never let the car go much below 1/4 tank...I dont know whats in my gas tank :)

-matt

bobjohnson Jun 9, 2003 06:55 PM

Its ok. i did it once on the highway, in snow too, My gas guage was still reading 1/4 tank and i had it actually towed to the shop and looked at.

problem = no gas. keep it filled

njmaxseltd Jun 9, 2003 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by matty
I never let the car go much below 1/4 tank
:sprint:

Costs less to fill it up that way too. :D

speedtrip Jun 9, 2003 08:22 PM

Re: p.o.s. gas light didn't come on......
 
Quote:

Originally posted by '97 5spd
I wanted to see exactly how bad my mpg is, so I decided to drive until the red light comes on, and divide that number by 16.5 since supposedly you have 2 gallons left when it lights up. I thought it was getting a little low, and boom, the car won't start, out of gas. Does anyone know why it might not of lite up, I seen it light up before, also, does running out of gas COMPLETELY f*** up the fuel pump?
Maybe the bulb died behind the low fuel light. Also when I had my max the fuel sending unit failed and when I would get down to a 1/4 tank the gas gauge stopped reading correctly. The first time it happened my max literally cut out as I pulled into the gas station.

Even with a functional fuel sending unit the low fuel light was never consistent. The light would come on anywhere between 2 to 3 gallons in the tank.

image Jun 9, 2003 09:17 PM

rofl that sucks man. Sorry to hear that. **** still makes me laugh though. :)


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