joeb427
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I don't there's much. I was at on screen 30miles till empty warning which starts at 50 miles to empty and it took just over 17 gallons with an 18 gallon tank capacity.
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joeb427
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I usually fill ay 1/4 tank too but wanted to see when the fuel light comes on and it's not the usual light. It's a 50 miles to empty pretty large warning on the dash left on a Lariat.
HenryMac
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When we picked up our truck at the dealership the "Miles To E" display showed "0" miles of fuel remaining, and the out of fuel chime was ringing.
We drove about 3 blocks and filled up the tank.
It took 18.524 gallons before it shut off the pump. Fuel capacity per page 319 of the owners manual is 18.8 gallons.
18.8 - 18.524 = 0.276 gallons remaining.
We drove about 3 blocks and filled up the tank.
It took 18.524 gallons before it shut off the pump. Fuel capacity per page 319 of the owners manual is 18.8 gallons.
18.8 - 18.524 = 0.276 gallons remaining.
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I've been filling up with about 50 miles DTE showing and have struggled to get 16 gallons in. I feel like it's more like 75-80 miles to E for me. I obviously like to be more prepared than not but my range has suffered compared to others on here it seems. I'm only on my 4th tank of fuel though. I wonder how much more calibration/learning the DTE system will do...
khyros
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I got my truck down to 4 miles to empty, and put 18.1 gallons in the 18.8 gallon tank. That tank had averaged 22mpg, so the .7gal remaining represents 15 miles, so 11 miles / half a gallon once I hit 0 miles to empty. As a disclaimer, I have gone through and adjusted my fuel economy modifier to be more aligned with reality, so my MPG number is lower now that it was from the factory (and actual FE is still lower if I do city driving, but higher on the highway).
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Your dealer didn't give you a free tank of fuel... that's just not right... every vehicle I've bought in the past get's a free fill up.
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Fuel pumps are typically cooled by the fuel. If the pump isnt submerged anymore the pump could get hot and lead to a premature failure.
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The fuel pump is also cooled by pumping fuel though it. Running low on the tank is not nearly as bad as running out of fuel completely.
joeb427
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According to Consumer Reports, the gas in your car “acts like a coolant for the electric fuel-pump motor, so when you run very low, this allows the pump to suck in air, which creates heat and can cause the fuel pump to wear prematurely and potentially fail.”
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro...y-low-gas-in-the-tank-can-be-costly/index.htm
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro...y-low-gas-in-the-tank-can-be-costly/index.htm
khyros
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"The fuel pump in this video was removed from a 2001 Toyota Corolla." -Youtube description of the video Jalopik is referencing.
And from the article itself:
"In addition to overheating and prematurely wearing out the pump, running a car low on fuel tends to pull up the sediment that normally sits at the bottom of the tank. (This is a bigger issue with older metal gas tanks that tend to corrode, especially when empty and thus exposed to moisture in air.)"
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