MaxEffect414

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I was just curious about how far we can go once the gas needle hits the E mark....

Slickismax

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I can go about 40 miles or so. Then when it dies, I can prime the pump and go about another 2.

Torgus

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it seems like i can go forever. don't know why but it goes a good distance.

D1NOnly34

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same here, but for some reason light doesnt go on, or at least hasnt for quite sometime, im tempted to drive, but curiosity killed the cat =X

Ceasars Chariot

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i have yet to run out of gas, and i have riden on fumes many times. .. driving the same maxima since 1997 ..

kartan

i usually get about 40-50 miles after the light comes on.

gtr_rider

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YOu do know you kill your fuel pump like that, and risk getting junk from the bottom of your tank inside your fuel filter killing that too.

MaxEffect414

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Why would there be junk on the bottom of your tank???

Indecisive311

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How do you prime the pump?

Pearl99GXE

Doesn't the tank empty from the bottem? Why would it matter if it is full or empty? If there is junk in the bottom it should be a problem all of the time.

MMILILLO8476

nah its some nasty biproduct or something it can really cause some problems like clogging your injectors and a whole bunch of nice stuff like that

MaxHalo

Maximum amount I've driven with the light on is 10 miles. I hate cutting it THAT close because once my car gets to the E it's a b1tch to start.

Bmr4life

i'm pretty sure every vehical has some kind of resevior in the gas tank that holds gas that the car never uses. This is for the bi-product MM was talking about. The stuff in there is really bad for your engine components but I don't think the fuel pump even has access to this gas, or at least it didn't in honda CRX's.

Ninos_Maxima

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Ive had my car die on my @ 44 miles.

MaxEffect414

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die on you, damn that's too far, lol
I drove with that light on at 100Mph for about 20 miles and i was shi**ing bricks all the way....

gtr_rider

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I would think that you can use pretty much all the gas in your tank and not have anything left.

SuperChris

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unofficially, the "low fuel" light seems to come on when I'm down to 2 gallons (18.5 cap)...always think i'm at the brink, and when i get to the gas station & fill up, there's usually 1 to 1-1/2 gallons left in the tank...

njmaxseltd

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I can't believe you guys let your cars run that low on gas. Whats the point? When I get near 1/4, I just fill it back up again. Leaving your tank that empty, with day and night time temperature changes will cause condensation to form on the gas tank walls. Over time that can lead to poor performance, problems with gas lines freezing in the winter time and a good chance your gas tank may start to rust from the moisture.

As your gas is depleated, air enters the tank. If you live in a humid area, that air contains moisture. We all know that moisture and fuel don't mix.

Don't let your tank run that low, it's just not good for the fuel system.

MaxWolf

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my car can't go anywhere when it's empty

Tatanko

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Slickismax

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Thats why I built a climate controled garage, and I take my gas tank off and clean it every month or so....

pocketrocket

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What njmaxseltd said.

I tried it once to see if my low warning light would come on, it did when I was dangerously low and stuck on a country road with no gas station for miles

I would not do it again .... 1/4 tank and I fill it up. Isn't the fuel pump itself 'cooled' by the gas you have in your tank, since it's submerged in it?

polishpunk68

I've gone a little over 50 after the light came on, and I don't think I was dangerously low

Bgohan

To figue this out, fill your tank when the low fue light comes on.

I usually have around 3 gallons of gas in my tank when my light comes on. At an average 25mpg city/hwy , thats 75 miles left.

MaxWolf

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my light doesn't come on. wierd

MaxEffect414

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Cause you always have a full tank, lol.....

endus

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This is what I do too. I try to keep it above 1/4 because I'm paranoid. I love hearing about people really ghettoing as much mileage out of a tank as they can though. It always makes me laugh...maybe because it reminds me of that Seinfeld episode. My freinds Audi Coupe GT has a digital display and there's like 5 levels of warnings it gives you before it runs out of gas. Different stuff starts flashing and disappearing and stuff...too funny.

It's wierd that this thread came up because just the other day I hit the E for probably the first time. The needle was just touching the E and it ended up I had about 3 gallons left.

BigJuice

I have never seen my light come on for some reason, and I have been sitting on E a couple of times (I honestly try not to do it)

JerseyMaxima

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Just read again what Tom said, and this should be the last post on this thread...

JSClark

I've gotten to the low fuel light once, other than that, I usually fill up around 1/4 mark...

MaxWolf

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That was a good one.. Seriously though, my light doesnt come on...I have had it down to 1/4 gallon and no light..dunno, not too worried bout it as long as the needle works

Bmr4life

I just got 30~ after my light came on a few days ago. This includes a lot of 3 mile trips back and forth to work and a couple longer trips. I got so close to running out that when I hit the gas, the car would surge forward then stop like I took my foot off the gas over and over. I ended up putting 17.5 gals to fill it back up.

Also, the light didn't come on until the needle was below the empty mark.

Minimalmaxima

I hate bringing old threads back to life, but I gotta. Man you had a whole gallon in there and it was jerkin' on ya? Were you going over a lot of bumps or on a hill or something?

I have driven my car with the low fuel light on plenty of times. I have been calculating my gas mileage and filling up every single time I have gassed up for the last 9 or 10 months and I get consistently 19 to 21 mpg with my driving (70% city 30% hwy with WOT every now and then). I reset my trip odo every time I drive. So I know that if that light comes on when I have 280 miles on my trip odo that the light is just bluffing. At 19 mpg and 18.5 gallons I could get 351.5 miles. So I'll let the light stay on forever until I get to around 320 or 330 miles on my trip odo. If I don't have time to get gas I'll drive another 10 or 15 miles before I chicken out and get gas.

Another thing, though. Like somebody else said, the fuel pump is at the bottom of the tank, right? So any junk is continously filtered out when you run the car, right? And as for the condensation. I have heard of that before. But realistically, how much water per unit volume of air could there be in a gas tank? A millileter? I don't think a millileter of condensation in 18.5 or even 2 or 3 gallons of gas is gonna make a world of difference. Correct me if I'm wrong...I'll be waiting with my thermodynamics book.

greg82

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My car ran out of gas when I test drove it. The light didn't come on, the needle was on E but the slaesman said it was fine. I got about 1/4 mile before it died, had to push it to the side of the road and walk back to the dealership. I drove it home the same night
It was Lynnes Nissan West in Stanhope, NJ great service except for the minor inconvenience.

greg

Broaner

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To school and back five times. Can you say broke and waiting for next paycheck.

raga55

2-3 days and about 40 to 50 miles with out problems 55+ the problems start for me