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Old 10-13-2003, 07:56 AM
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quantity of gas when gas light comes on

does anyone know how much gas is left when the gas light comes on, just wondering how much farther i could go
Old 10-13-2003, 09:42 AM
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I remember reading that it's either 1.7 or 1.9 gallons remain when the light comes on.
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Mine has close to 4 gallons left once the light comes on, because when I fill up it only takes 12-13 gallons. (17 gal tank)
Old 10-13-2003, 09:57 AM
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i think i read in the manual it is 2.5 gallons left, ive got the 97 3.0 CL.
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mine goes at 3 gallons....i have a 1997 3.0 CL 69k miles
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Originally posted by SooDARK
Mine has close to 4 gallons left once the light comes on, because when I fill up it only takes 12-13 gallons. (17 gal tank)
thats about what mine takes too...i have a '98 2.3
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in manual for 99 2.3 cl 5 speed saids 3.0 gallons left when light comes on. Somehow I don't trust it since when I park on a slight downward gradient, (front end lower than rear) my enginer has a hard time starting when it is close to empty. Or perhaps it is a different problem like a slowly dying ignition. Or I don't know what it is. ??
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Originally posted by ju5tchi11in
in manual for 99 2.3 cl 5 speed saids 3.0 gallons left when light comes on. Somehow I don't trust it since when I park on a slight downward gradient, (front end lower than rear) my enginer has a hard time starting when it is close to empty. Or perhaps it is a different problem like a slowly dying ignition. Or I don't know what it is. ??
no its normal for the engine to chug a couple times before turning over with a near empty tank of gas.
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my light comes on at around 13.5-14.0 gallons used. It's a 17 gallon tank
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3 gallons left.
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I remember reading that it's either 1.7 or 1.9 gallons remain when the light comes on.
I don't know where I got this from!
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Originally posted by ju5tchi11in
in manual for 99 2.3 cl 5 speed saids 3.0 gallons left when light comes on. Somehow I don't trust it since when I park on a slight downward gradient, (front end lower than rear) my enginer has a hard time starting when it is close to empty. Or perhaps it is a different problem like a slowly dying ignition. Or I don't know what it is. ??
DONT park on steep hills when you are on low on gas or the car will NOT start at all. Ive done it 3 times. twice i could let it roll to flat groung and it finaly started. The other time we had to pull it up the hill with my friends truck.
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HAHAHA that is the worst sorry... is it possible to do a rolling start? someone tried to do that with my dads toyota paseo back when I was in highschool. I ... wait nevermind that was for a dead battery haha oops.
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Originally posted by Slooo97CL
no its normal for the engine to chug a couple times before turning over with a near empty tank of gas.
yea, the first time that happened to me I flipped thinking that my starter was dying....then i started to put 2 and 2 together and realized that unless the tank was empty, my engine fired right up...now i try and avoid letting my car slip below a quarter tank..dont want my baby to work any harder than it has to
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