Almost ran out of gas last night

jljbtm · Jan 13, 2017

By the time I got to the gas station my DTE said 1

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SilverStreak88 · Jan 13, 2017

jljbtm said:
By the time I got to the gas station my DTE said 1

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What's the moral of this story, just curious?

jljbtm · Jan 13, 2017

Well i never let i go that low but the fuel guage looked like i had more.

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Hootbro · Jan 13, 2017

jljbtm said:
Well i never let i go that low but the fuel guage looked like i had more.

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You did have more and depending on your tank size, had about 5-8 gallons left in the take.

Quite a few other thread that talk and argue about the DTE indication but regardless of how one thinks it should work, the only constant is that there is a buffer of fuel left when the DTE reads close to 0.

jljbtm · Jan 13, 2017

I had a chevy suburban in 95 that ran out of gas and running those dry ruined the pump and haf to replace it.

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clh1220 · Jan 13, 2017

That's not almost out of gas. I was in a bad situation with a boat I just picked up in the wind. The truck was real thirsty. I got to a station and it took 26.3 gallons in a 26 gallon tank..

Danno · Jan 13, 2017

I have had it at zero and drove another 20 miles.

novelmike · Jan 13, 2017

Yes, you probably had more left in the tank.

I've gone over 50 miles once the count down reached zero. And I not just once. So far, 3x this year.

I've got roadside assistance. I'm just trying to get some of that free gas! No luck....yet.

Danno · Jan 13, 2017

novelmike said:
Yes, you probably had more left in the tank.

I've gone over 50 miles once the count down reached zero. And I not just once. So far, 3x this year.

I've got roadside assistance. I'm just trying to get some of that free gas! No luck....yet.

FYI the gas isn't free.

lowvaluetarget · Jan 13, 2017

Not sure how reasonable this is, but I try to keep my truck over a 1/4 tank to keep the fuel pump from having to work harder.

EJR_3 · Jan 13, 2017

I ran out of gas once in my old car, and that's all it took for me to pay more attention. I have a 32 gallon tank and don't let my tank go below half unless I'm on a road trip. Even then, I wouldn't let it get to a 1/4 tank. Side note, if you have roadside assistance, they will bring you up to 5 gallons of gas if you run out.

misuracaf10 · Jan 13, 2017

You're guys dash reads below 30 miles? Anything below that it just says low and then I have no idea.. 32g tank too I wish the gauge was accurate

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clh1220 · Jan 13, 2017

Danno said:
FYI the gas isn't free.

Actually it's does include a couple gallons of gas or so.

KingTuna · Jan 13, 2017

I was always taught to not let a car with an in-tank pump get below a quarter of a gallon. The fuel cools the pump in the tank, should help it last longer.

Pull Ya · Jan 13, 2017

I guess i'm just old school---what's the point of running that low? Christ, it only takes about 5 minutes to pull over and fill your tank. Look at me--i got a 32 gallon tank and drove 15 thousand miles and I've still got 2 teaspoons of gas left----so what???????
Jay

SilverStreak88 · Jan 13, 2017

Pull Ya said:
I guess i'm just old school---what's the point of running that low? Christ, it only takes about 5 minutes to pull over and fill your tank. Look at me--i got a 32 gallon tank and drove 15 thousand miles and I've still got 2 teaspoons of gas left----so what???????
Jay

LMAO, I feel the same, when I hit half talk I pull to the pump, no reason to run it dry and strain the pump.

clh1220 · Jan 13, 2017

It's funny how many people think the pump is going to burn up if it runs out of gas. I usually fill mine up at 1/4.

Gorgerax · Jul 23, 2018

Well, I'm glad I found this thread! Just bought a 2010 Ram SLT 1500 w/3.92 gears. Have filled it twice now when the gauge was on empty yet only took 20 gallons each time even though I have a 26-gallon tank! I guess I had SIX gallons left?!? Is this normal?

Demon-HeMi · Jul 23, 2018

clh1220 said:
It's funny how many people think the pump is going to burn up if it runs out of gas. I usually fill mine up at 1/4.

no what they are saying is repetitively running the tank low on gas causes premature wear on the pump, which it does.

Personally none of my vehicles go below half a tank...

NCRaineman · Jul 23, 2018

I wouldn't run it below a quarter tank regularly... those in-tank pumps are cooled by fuel.

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