Low Fuel light

[AdironRider]

I run mine to the light all the time. It often doesnt come on for me (Ive got a m42 so I can go longer I suppose) until like 30-40 miles past the empty mark, and then I get another 40-50 miles or so. My pops always told me when I first get a car to run it dry with a 5 gallon fill up tank in my trunk just so I know these things. Has proven to be mighty helpful in dire straights actually.

[itsbrokeagain]

Ive actually done the same thing...I can only get 12.3 gallons on fill up. My gas light used to work when the cluster was all fubar but now that I fixed all the solder joints, Ive let the gauge come down right to the white line at the very end and the light still refused to come on..I got 12.8 gallons..I still had 3 left! lol.

Im going to suck it down good one of these days before I change out the pump and put a new filter in.

[dubdub]

Yea, couldn't you test this by pulling the sender out of the tank, and turing the car on (not starting)? Wouldn't that simulate an empty tank?

Hmmm... wonder if there is enough slack in the wires/lines... probably not, huh?

[Burning2nd]

12.3 here and thats pushing it in to the pump....

last i got to was 11.6 and the light still didnt come on... so maybe my bulb on the dash along with all the other out lights have finaly shitted out?

87, 30

[jintermont]

my fuel gauge doesnt work but my light comes on, then i have about 35 miles till i run dry

[Knockenwelle]

I almost got the light to come on today, I think. The gauge was ON the white line, but I drove past a convenient Chevron and proceeded to fill up with 13.7 gal. So yeah, I'd buy the ~2 gal to go.

[monoaural]

When my comes on, i hit 1000 and zero buttons on the mfa, tells me I have 6 liters left. So about a gallon and a half.

[Adrian_Visser]

Just to chime in, its not good for your fuel pump to run the tank dry. I mean sure you wanna know if the light comes on thats all good and great. Just keep in mind that running the tank dry means your fuel pump and filter are going to suck up all the rust and sediment in the bottom of the tank. Also the fuel pump is lubricated by the fuel it pumps through itself 30 seconds of dry running is enough to kill it, seeing as it costs upwards of $250 for a new pump i think running the tank completely dry is a piss poor idea

[mitch500]

furthest ive gone was about 50-60 kms with the light on.... yeah i know its bad for the pump, but there wasnt a gas station and i was driving threw the mountains in canada thinking i would make it.... so 50 kms is about 25 miles.