Accurate ?
#2
RE: Accurate ?
IMO very accurate. I have let mine get low on a few occasions. When I installed my cai and wanted ALL the old oct to run out before loading a higher oct tune. It got down to 1 mile to E when I was 200 ft from the gas station. I would not recommend letting yours get that low due to problems caused when officially running out of gas with FI. As mentioned I was basically in the same shopping center as the gas station when I hit 1 mile to E.
Another time was when I wanted to see how low it would get before turning red with the warning light. I don't feel its like the old days were you could run on e for like 20 minutes or 10 miles lol. When your down to 5 miles or so I would surely make BP a priority.
Let me add that how you drive when low will play a part as well. Stomping on it when 6 miles to go so you will get to that station quicker will not last nearly as long as a 40mph cruise to the same station. You already know that though.
Another time was when I wanted to see how low it would get before turning red with the warning light. I don't feel its like the old days were you could run on e for like 20 minutes or 10 miles lol. When your down to 5 miles or so I would surely make BP a priority.
Let me add that how you drive when low will play a part as well. Stomping on it when 6 miles to go so you will get to that station quicker will not last nearly as long as a 40mph cruise to the same station. You already know that though.
#3
RE: Accurate ?
I would say not accurate cause I have atleast another gallan in the car when it gets to enpty. I go by the gallons used quite often as that seems to be very accurate since I would assume that it can take this reading from the flow of the fuel pump. Could be wrong though.
#4
RE: Accurate ?
Don't EVER let it get below 15 miles or so, cause the first (and ONLY) time I tested it out, as soon as it dipped below 10 miles the message center moved into WARP-DRIVE mode and the "miles remaining" melted away faster than snowballs in Hell.....!
I was sweating like a pig in Fear of running empty and being stranded on the side of the road in my 2 week-old car like a freakin' HOBO while long lines of old beat-up Ricers streamed by while laughing and pointing at me and yelling stuff like "Broke-*** LOSER!"
I JUST made it to the gas station with "2 miles" left (according to my message center- which probably meant about 50 YARDS at the rate it was falling!).
Never again.......!! [sm=signs006.gif]
I was sweating like a pig in Fear of running empty and being stranded on the side of the road in my 2 week-old car like a freakin' HOBO while long lines of old beat-up Ricers streamed by while laughing and pointing at me and yelling stuff like "Broke-*** LOSER!"
I JUST made it to the gas station with "2 miles" left (according to my message center- which probably meant about 50 YARDS at the rate it was falling!).
Never again.......!! [sm=signs006.gif]
#5
RE: Accurate ?
I would say ever car is different but if you drive it till 10 miles left and then fill the take up and only put like 14.5-15.5 in, then you still have atleast half a gallon left. Remember the tank is 16 gallons so just observe how much you put in and what the reading was.
#7
RE: Accurate ?
Ive posted these pics before, but it says it all pretty much.
Like flewbyu I was running all the 87 out, and was just going up and down the street near the gas station waiting for it to hit 0 miles to empty, pulled in, filled up to 16.2 gallons. Obviously some is in the filler tube.
Like flewbyu I was running all the 87 out, and was just going up and down the street near the gas station waiting for it to hit 0 miles to empty, pulled in, filled up to 16.2 gallons. Obviously some is in the filler tube.
#10
RE: Accurate ?
On the way to the race track one time i was 0 miles till empty and i was sitting in traffic for another 3 miles that took me 20 min and i didnt run out of gas, but then as soon as i got in the gate i went and got me some race gas hahaha