Hey,

After reading the thread about people's gas lights not coming on, I decided to do a test of my own (not really, I was just too damn lazy and cheap to get gas). Anyways, I drove the car when the needle was on the needle underneath the E and the light didn't come on. After driving for a few more miles, the gas warning light dimly came on and then brightly came on....and then I nearly ran out of gas.

The point is, I think many people here have fully functional gas lights, it's just that no one ever really drives that low on gas to begin with.

 

Everyone's must be different or something, mine comes on fully when the needle is right before the E.

 

hondas are kinda weird with the gas guages. they aren't exactly the most acurate.

 

yeah.. this is how mine is too

 

Mine comes on with the needle just below E. I had driven it work etc etc. I did not dare try more than 35 miles with the light on solid. It sometimes goes on and off for me. My filling up gas, it seems like I have maybe 3-4 gallons left in my tank when it comes on. I can't fill past 12-13 gallons of gas with it on.

 

well it'll be stupid to wait till the light comes on before you get gas.. besides you'll end up spending more on gas if you wait till it hits the E mark.. oh well.. i'm sure it's embarassing to be stranded on one street because you forgot to put gas

 

It's also a good idea to fill up yur tank when the needle is under half to minimize the chance of condensation forming on the cold metal in your empty gas tank and causing water to get in the fuel. At least that's what I've been told.

 

dude you live in pheonix it doesn't get cold enough.

 

I know in normal situations, u get condensation when u have one piece of an object say a metal plate, If one side is hot and the other side is warm/hot u get condensation. Well everything is cold no condensation, when everything is warm/hot no condensation. Also i think the amount of time that an less than half empty gas tank to generate enough water to hurt the car is probably going to be a long time (years). As long as you cycle ur gas, the condensation shouldn't really effect you. But if u store your car for years and years, it poses another problem if u put a full/half tank. The gas will destabilize and you might not be able to start a car with old gas.

 

Last time i filled my car up i had only .5 gallons and change in there, and the manual says the light should come on with 1.2 gallons left in it. So its deffinetly not working

 

it depend on how u drive the car when the needle is low. like when my gas light slowly comes on i start driving softly...take off slowly and and the light would go away =)