Gas Light

[sublime]

Well earlier when I was driving the gas light came on, so then I came inside for the night, but what I am asking is, how many miles until you run out of gas from when the light comes on? This maybe already a thread, but I searched and couldn't find.

[accordztech]

it depends how u drive. usually the light means 2 gallons or maybe more...i think i ran on it for about 50 miles but i wouldnt recomned it....running low on gas stresses the fuel pump

[Mista Juice]

i believe you have 3 gallons left when the light comes on.. i was headed up to a shop to have my car worked on a while back and was very low on gas.. right as i was pulling into the gas station, my gas light came on.. i filled up the tank and put in like 14.03 gallons or something like that.. so id say its pretty accurate..

[fac90]

Don't run too long with the low fuel warning light due to sediments in the bottom of the tank being picked up too much. My light has never worked.

[oneoffaccord]

i had the gas light on for at least 40miles if im driving far and im almost home ill drive until it it start bucking on turns then ill get gas

[owequitit]

According to the owner's manual, it is calibrated to come on with 3.1 Gallons remaining in the tank. It has been my experience however, that it will come on intermittently with about 5 gallons remaining. Once it is fully lit and stays on though, you may have about 90 miles if you are lucky (3.1 gallons at 30mpg).

[pretty_ricky302]

i say about 50 miles once it comes on, with the gas mileage im olny gettin about 19 miles to the gallon, i fill up and at about 250 miles the light comes on seem fast to me

mods cai headers hi flow cat 2.5" pipe 4" exhaust plugs and wires, i do speed alot got 4 tickets this year

[TheTempest]

i guess when the light comes on, if you can, put gas in it =) Pretty straight forward. No insult intended.

[oneoffaccord]

i say about 50 miles once it comes on, with the gas mileage im olny gettin about 19 miles to the gallon, i fill up and at about 250 miles the light comes on seem fast to me

mods cai headers hi flow cat 2.5" pipe 4" exhaust plugs and wires, i do speed alot got 4 tickets this year

you get bad gas mileage i get about 24mpg filling up on 93oct at $2.95 per gal. i just got my license back last month, revoked for 6months
mods i/h/e h23, lightened flywheel, stage 3 clutch,msd wires,pulley, hollowed out cat, header wrap 24MPG

[ThunderCat]

i never had my light go off,but i did go low on gas before. i want to know how can i make sure it will go ON when its supposed to? what if im down to my last drop and the damn thing dont light up?

[mrvinyl33]

Then I believe that's a failure within the fuel sending unit. Or less rare the bulb itself.

[oneoffaccord]

i just filled up at $2.89 a gallon on 93oct, $43 to fill it up 14.5gallons and the gas light was on. no bucking or stalling going around turns.

so how many gallons do our cars hold

[cp[mike]]

^ 64.5liter total (17.04gal). when the light comes on, you have 8liters left, which is 2.11 gallons.

now everyone says that running the car too low on gas picks up sediment from the bottom of the gas tank, but i guess they are overlooking the fact that the fuel pump sucks from the bottom of the tank anyway. and between the screen on the pump and the fuel filter, i dont think the car will complain too much if it picks up tiny specks of dirt

[accordztech]

^ 64.5liter total (17.04gal). when the light comes on, you have 8liters left, which is 2.11 gallons.

now everyone says that running the car too low on gas picks up sediment from the bottom of the gas tank, but i guess they are overlooking the fact that the fuel pump sucks from the bottom of the tank anyway. and between the screen on the pump and the fuel filter, i dont think the car will complain too much if it picks up tiny specks of dirt

i think actually its bad cuase if there is low gas that there will be moments where the pump will suck up just air, maybe not alot but just a bit...over time that wears the fuel pump down cause the pump uses fuel to cool it down...thats why i think its bad...

[Mike]

i would not rely on ur gas light. i allways ran it on emty for a little cuz i would think "ehh the light will come on when it gets real low" but the last time i did that the light never came on and the car completly ran out of gas and shut off (but i was extreemly lucky and i was only like a 100 feet in frount of my driveway and rolled the rest of the way haha)