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?

 

Dont do that..Bad.

 

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.

 

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

-matt

 

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

 

Costs less to fill it up that way too.

 

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.

 

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