Low Fuel light

[n3nyongmini]

I'm suspecting my light to be out as well. The needle will hit the white dash mark for empty before the light comes on.

so your light DOES come on. I guess I'll brave it and wait for the "white dash"...

I do know, however, that when I replaced my fuel pump that the tank has a dent in it under the sender/pump that required me to push it back out (the dent) a bit to get the fuel pump back in...

So, all being said, my light may never come on if the sender's wack.

'just asking when I would normally expect it to come on.

thanks all.

[JeffR116]

shit, for osme wierd reason i fill my car up when it looks like it is getting close to the halfway tick mark. i just like having a full tank of gas all the time.

:loco:

[MikeE30325i]

shit, for osme wierd reason i fill my car up when it looks like it is getting close to the halfway tick mark. i just like having a full tank of gas all the time.

[Jean]

Check that the light bulb behind the fuel gauge isn't burned out ;) The light comes up when the fuel level sender shows low resistance or a short.

[JeffR116]

Nevermind... whenever I fill up where my gas tank looks almost empty it's about 13.6 gallons. The fuel capacity for the 325 is 16.4 gallons.

I'm probably not waiting long enough.

[Erick]

Hahah I love that point in time..... but in all clusters/e30s I've seen, all the lights worked, no matter how long it took for that to happen.

[JeffR116]

I'm suspecting my light to be out as well. The needle will hit the white dash mark for empty before the light comes on.

[backtrail69]

It only lights up when you have no gas (2 gal I think).

[n3nyongmini]

When does it come on?

Is it supposed to light up 'at start' to show that it's still working?

Been getting <20mpg city in a '90 325i auto and reading the low fuel mileage thread I see talk of the low fuel light. Well huh.

thanks