Ok, I know I'm driving a Ford F250, but 0 miles to empty with over an 1/8th of a tank? Really?

How far do you drive when your cars computer says 0 miles left? I bet I have 60 miles to go and I'm rolling the dice...

 

I was at 29 miles today. Filled up with 14.9 gallons and I think the tank is 16.1.

 

I try to keep my car from ever reaching the E on the gauge, you can damage the fuel pump and other parts.

 

I fill it up when it gets down to like 10miles to go.

When I had my 3G TL, I went like 25 miles after the meter turned to 0 and was alright.

I think I read somewhere that the car has like extra 1-2 gallons when the meter says 0.

 

I try not to go more than 25-30 miles past 0

 

I typically try not to go lower than 1 gallon left in the tank.

 

I've driven 20 miles so far and the gas gauge is still above empty...This isn't my daily driver though just use it for occasional hauling and pulling my boat. I think I'll wait to put gas in it until after the 4th of July gas price hikes...

 

My I35 used to get to about 18 and then blink ---- when it got too low.

 

mine comes on around 20-25 to empty.

i usually fill up right around there, but i have gone as far as 2 miles to empty. i was starting to shit bricks

 

It could be like what BMW does with their fuel gauges, it reads ALL the fuel in the tank and the 0 mile range is when the reserve starts. People with 745's on bimmerfest have gone past 0 on the computer and tried to get the fuel gauge to get to zero, and once they did 500 feet later the car died.

 

My car doesn't have any of those "cool" features. I fill up every time with a quarter tank left.

 

My Santa Fe will read down to 'RANGE 30' and then the low fuel light comes on and the range display shows '- - -'. I very rarely see either as I usually fill up at 1/4 or 1/8.

 

I've went 25 miles past "0 miles to empty" in my 3G TL, and when I filled up it took 15 gallons. Tank holds 17.1.

 

i drove it until it stalled. stupid of me, but i thought i would've made it to the gas station (2min drive away). good thing traffic was light during that time...

 

Never let it get that low.

 

I got my old Beretta down to 2 miles once.

 

I routinely filled 18+ gallons into the 17-gallon tank in the '05 Accord I had. The needle was marking past the last tick

 

^Bad for charcoal canister in the car. Those suckers are expensive too.

 

I've done that in my TL before...



Only once though. I usually fill up when I have 1/4 tank left.

 

This. My Mazda manual actually says to refuel once it gets to a 1/4 tank and never run it to empty.

 

Enlighten me.

 

Its all about cultural competency on part of the manufacturer. For example, Chrysler designs their fuel gauges for export vehicles to Germany to read Empty when it truly is empty whereas cars destined to the US are designed to read empty when there is approx 40-50 miles left. American culture emphasizes the need for a buffer zone so when a fuel gauge reads empty, they will still be able to get over to a fuel station on time.

 

Sounds weird, but I've been filling up the last couple of times when I reached 1/2-3/8 of a tank dunno why, I was just compelled to do so.

In the past I'd fill up at around 1/4 of a tank.

 

Though I've not researched it myself, that's probably true. When I used to work @ Hertz (mid 90s), we'd transport MANY different vehicles from Port Newark (NJ) to any number of NYC locations starting off with the needle @ or below 'E'. (DTE readouts were not too common on the average car back then.) And such a needle position NEVER deterred us from being heavy on the throttle.

 

Ever ? It says "Do not top off". Canister is the reason why they advise you to NOT top off.

 

The problem is that when you run the tank low, any contaminants that were floating in the tank are picked up by the pump and sometimes can be forced to break up by the filter! As well you run the risk of over-heating the fuel pump/s because many of the modern fuel pumps use the surrounding fuel to help dissipate heat.

As far as the carbon canister goes, topping off excessively can also cause it to fail and cause problems such as the fuel nozzle constantly shutting off when fueling up, the inability to fuel up (blockage) or damage to other EVAP system components to make sure you aren't leaking fuel through evaporation.

 

Thank You.