mikeman

hey guys yesterday my car was almost out of gas and the light came on when i turned it on
i was on the road i realized that my fuel light turned off
today my gas indicator is 1 line above the no fuel and the light is not on
anyone know?

RotaryP7

Wait where's the no fuel line?

mikeman

...its at the end where the fuel light is located...

RotaryP7

What.. Never seen that..

dozer

iTrader: (3)

^wait the light came on when you turned it on? i dont understand....


on another hand it might be pressure build up? just put gas

j67345

why don't you just put gas in your car and the light will turn off...

ferg

lol, its nice to see how much passion that you guys have about little things going on with your car like me.it can be a bug hit the front windows and stop the car and clean it off

rotarygreg

the fuel level is determined by a float in the gas tank. its not magic. if you are parked on a slight grade, the tank could read more or less than it has in it depending on the angle. you know you are running low, why not just not worry about it and put gas in...just my two cents.

Greg

Rems31

my friend used to fill up only after his gas light turned on and off 3 times

nt5k

huh? you mean you were able to actually drive around after the light comes on. with our gas mileage that would be like 2 miles right? just get gas already. your fuel pump will thank you.

Juansito

iTrader: (5)

My gas light turned on the other day and i thought i was ok for a few more miles and my car ******* died on me and i rushed to the gas station to filler up lol

Never will i let my car fuel light turn on lol

swoope

iTrader: (5)

really,

when the yellow light comes on you have 2.5 gal of fuel left.

and what happened then?

beers

RIWWP

iTrader: (2)

Heh, last friday, I made it 46 miles from when my fuel light turned on till i got to a gas station.

The fuel light turns on 2-3 gallons remaining. Even if you are in the horrible gas range of 15mpg, that is still 30+ miles before you actually run out.

Granted, play it safe, but still, no need to panic. Less fuel = less weight = better mpg anyway

dozer

iTrader: (3)

^yeah that

RotaryP7

Yea, I actually wait until it goes below the "E" .. Hell, the fuel light just came on last night.. I'll probably fill it up in about 2 days..

zoom44

well the thing is our fuel tanks are shaped like saddle bags. one side pumps to the other where the level sender is.

often when you shut the car off it will read lower than when you start the car again later. that's because some fuel is shifted when starting.

so what happened was it got low enough in the one side to light the low fuel indicator lamp. but after you turned it off and turned it back on some fuel shifted raising the level around the fuel level sender enough to turn the light off.

everyone else is right- when the light comes on you have 2.5- 3 gallons of fuel left. that leaves you at least 30 miles of driving if you keep it in a high gear at low rpms.