Doyon

Just curious as to how many miles/gallons of gas I have left after it hits fuel level low?

PurpleIcedGT

That was always my Oh ShLt light letting me know 15 miles til motors runs out of gas

Bigry18

I remember not too long along ago when i had my mustang i was a ways from a gas station and i made it with 5 miles to the station not sure how much after i had though. :P You could always test it lol.

Doyon

I was testing my gas gauge out today (brought a two gallon thing of gas) and it ended up being off, once it hit the red empty line, I was able to go 48.1 miles ( highway 70 MPH with 4:10 gears) before my fuel low light came on.

Purple, so its probably safe to say that its around 15 miles before you're SOL?

I guess I will be able to roughly figure it out once I get to the gas station.

Thanks,

Josh

Rockwell28

there is 2 gallons left in the tank when the warning light comes on!

Doyon

Thanks Rockwell!

Rockwell28

No problem!

Boris91

I always fill up when the 'Low Fuel' light comes on, is that bad? Everyone always says don't run it that low and to fill up at a quarter tank but that seems a bit...excessive.

wayne613

Rust and other various garbage settles to the bottom of the tank..trying to use that fuel each time...Well, you get the idea. Fuel filter should take care of it all hopefully, but why either risk it, or clog it up if you don't have to?

MyGt03

Ever changed an, "in the tank electric fuel pump"? Someone please correct me. Our cars actually have two filters. The inline filter after the tank, and a fuel sock that is connected to the pick up of fuel pump itself. The fuel pump is connected to rigid aluminum tubing and is held very close to the bottom of the tank. If there was any debris, you would pick it up regardless if you had a full tank or empty tank.

However, rust and crud in a fuel tank is rare. Last summer I changed my brothers gas tank in his 1985 S10 Blazer. The problem was, the tank developed a very small leak at a spot weld where the internal baffles were originally welded in from the factory. The outside of the tank was solid rust. Many harsh Chicago winters. The inside of the tank didn't have a spec of anything. I mean, inside looked absolutely brand new. I had a feeling it would as a year or so before that, I had to change the fuel pump in my old 1987 G20 Chevy van. It had come from an electrician company and had 300+k miles. Again to my surprise, not a spec. Inside was like brand new.

Now, I suppose if you had a car that was "rarely" driven with moisture in the tank, yes rust could and would form. But anything that is driven on a regular basis, and fueled somewhat often should be free from rust and/or debris.

Lastly, back when I worked at Cat, it was 45 miles from my door. I can remember leaving work and the Low Fuel light came on as I was leaving the parking lot. Two lane highway all the way home with 3 or 4 stoplights along the way. Made it no problem. I wouldn't advise running an electric fuel pump completely out of gas. Heard you can burn one up by doing so. And heard it doesn't take much...