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Pushing your luck with the Low Gas light

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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Socket7
I'll be trying to coast into the dealership tomorrow running on fumes. They need to drop the gas tank to look at my filler neck and find out why the auto shut off does not auto shut off until after the tank overflows.
Let me know what they say. I have the same problem.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by kersh4w
right. the mob might suddenly be after you, it would be a sucky time to run out of gas.
I was thinking more along the lines of a realistic emergency but this is America. I've seen stranger things happen.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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i constantly run past E. i typically fill up just under or over 14 but i have gotten to 14.9 i think the tank is a 16 gallon tak
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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today i was looking for a gas station after like 20 min of light on, and filled 15.5 gallons lol
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 01:43 AM
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i ran out of gas once and i fit 15.3 gallons..
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 06:59 PM
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This is one of those things that provides no benefit for attempting, but has total downside risk if you fail to succeed.

Just don't do it!

Why do I have to keep knocking common sense into people's heads?
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