I know for sure that this damages the car. But what exactly would it mess up?

 

Your rep on the Org for starters.


But you might have some crap in your fuel filter which was at the bottom of your tank.

 

really? my car ran fine once i put more gas in. i suggest you try that for a quick fix

 

hope this never happens to me ! ive been lucky in almost 8 years of driving on E , lol ! put some gas in the max and go with it !

 

It messes up the defibulation timing and sometimes causes the blinker fluid to turn blue. Just sell the car if it ever runs out of gas.

Oh, almost forgot, you'll need to change the knock sensor too.

 

^ LOL.

Read the procedure for changing the fuel filter, where you release the fuel line pressure. Reads remarkably similar to what happens when the tank is empty.

Just refill and quit being stupid and trying to run on empty. If you're that poor, you probably don't need to get to where you're going.

Dave

 

if some crud from the depths of the tank managed to make it past the filter, your injectors could get clogged. good rule of thumb = fill up at the 1/4 line.

 

^^^^ Yeah you shouldn't let the gas go past the 1/4 tank mark or your fuel pump might fail.

 

The only thing you can damage running out of gas is the fuel pump. The fuel pump uses gas as a coolant for the pump motor. If you keep running the pump with out fuel it will fail. As for the picking up stuff on the bottom of the tank... think about this... the fuel pump pick up is about 1/8 inch off the bottom of the tank. If there is anything down there it would not matter the fuel level. There is also a filter attached to the pick up to prevent large debis from entering and destroying the pump. If you have water and lighter than fuel crap floating on the surface of the fuel that could be an issue when running out or extreamly low on fuel.

 

I was actually going to work to get more money when this happened and the gas station is accross the street from work. I pulled over right when it started studdering. My dad's friend brought a galloon of gas and went to work with that. But the car was running fine. I'm planning on selling it in April or June for a 350Z anyway.

 

Hmmmm, you're 17 and going to get a 350Z ??? Insurance on that for a 17 year old in New York..... lets see.....around $6000./mo. Good luck to you. If you're on your parents insurance, probably alot less.

 

6000 /yr. not month, and if you have accident say good bye to insurance.

 

If you can't afford gas for a Maxima, the 350Z is quite the joke. But then again, if sucking on your mommy/daddy *** gives you money, then I shouldn't be surprised.

Dave

 

I meant a month!!! 17 years old, New York and a flashy car....... yeah..... a month.

 

So which is it...

1) Mommy and Daddy by you everything
2) You inherited money from a grandma
3) You have a job and you think you have your whole future planned out so you take out loans for $30K cars.

 

Maybe in the good part of Albany, definitely not in Crooklyns. My friend paid around 4700/yr. for a 96 Maxima, and the dude was like 33 yrs. old clean driving history in Brooklyn. That was 3 or 4 yrs. ago.

Why would parents want to give a kid such a poor handling car? Parents that care give their kids nice cars if they love them. Wish I had $10 for every kid who drove a M3 or 545 to prep school around here. Moral is if you wanna show-off, you'll never win. There'll always be someone with that six-figure set of wheels across the street or kitty-corner.

 

Thats why I say buy a geo metro, throw on some steelies and glowy dice, and talk **** about EVERYONE you see.

 

Nuff said. Thanks, I needed a good laugh today.

 

I loved this thread. Kid cant buy gas for his hoop-D maxima and he's buying a Z.

Running your car out of gas will cause no damage. You'll just be an idiot. There is a screen before your fuel pump and another filter from the fuel pump to the fuel rail. The screen in the tank wont let any crud in. Most gas tanks have some crud in them. And whether you run your car full or empty could result in this potentially getting past the first screen and into the fuel filter.

Good luck with the Geo Metro. 3 cylinders of American-Korean muscle.

 

Fuel pump gets angry, and it can lean your car out as it runs out, which is obviously not good.

 

no it wouldn't, water is heavier than gas...

 

ahh yes, why the whole "water on fire" effect works...

 

there's a good part of albany?

 

My parents are getting it for me because I am getting a very good scholarship to college, so as a gift for doing that they will buy me a Z. And thanks for the nice guys that acutally answered my question instead of flaming me.

 

HAahhaha

 

Just keep it full of gas and wheels side down, please.

 

not really, i have come to realize that this entire region is one big shithole

 

change your fuel filters are you'll be fine.

 

Tell me about it... i went to school in Troy

 

 

HVCC by any chance?

 

nope the big engineering one.

 

i'll be there next year

 

Hey, no kidding!! What are you majoring in? PM me if you need any advice or stuff... i know everything there is to know about that place. I spent 4 years there, and have been visiting regularly for the past three... sorta my home away from home.

 

don't forget those neon lights under that geo!

 

AFAIK you'd get a misfire code for fuel starvation. The manual states the SES light can flash b/c the car ran out of gas and cause a misfire.

For me, maybe every other month or so, depending on gas prices, or if I get a bad tank of gas, I'll let my fuel go down to E to burn it all off, then refuel the tank w/ fresh fuel

 

I'm gonna major in mechanical once i get my associates degree from Hudson Valley. I don't exactly have money sprouting out of my ass so i'm serving my first two years at the community college

 

that's a good plan... i've got loans sprouting out of my a$$.

 

DAYUM! i consider myself ****in lucky! #1 reason for my max... nice, quick car, and still payable car insurance. i've been in... i think 5 accidents since i started driving, and im on the state's insurance "high risk pool", paying 3200/yr for just liability. oh yeah, and i've sobered up since then and been alcohol/drug free for 1 yr. no more accidents! o my!

 

Just never let it get below 1/4 tank. If you develop performance problems change out your fuel filter.