So just out of curiosity, does anyone know how far below the "E" the needle on the fuel gauge can go before you really are out of gas. I think the manual says the light comes on when you are at 12.5 gallons, and we have like a 15.5 gallon take or something. But what does that mean as far as needle position

 

Bad idea to test....running out of gas is not a good thing for your car.
I've pumped 15.2 gallons into my car....I was way out past the middle of the end of nowhere...and came over a hilltop and coasted down the hill to the pump...some assclown had given me wrong directions...on purpose, I'm sure...

 

you really don't want your car drinking what's at the bottom of your tank. Nor do you pump that through the fuel injectors.

San

 

i never actually ran out of gas, but ive gotten it as far below the E as it will go above the full mark when u fill it up

 

under hard acceleration, you want plenty of gas in the tank to prevent fuel deprivation due to sloshing.

San

 

why take that chace? just fill her up! u gotta do it soon or later, might as well be NOW!

 

The manual states that with the 15.9 gallon tank the Low Fuel Warning light will come on when down to approximately 2.3 gallons. Don't let it go down that far on your car for the reasons others have already stated. The gas gauge does not read in a linear manner anyway so when you combine this with any little factory variance in the gauge, it's just not a good idea to run your fuel that low.

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all i have is the same response as everyone else. but youre smart for asking instead of testing it out yourself.
all i know is that there is 2 gallons as reserves after the light comes on.

 

imprezer knows more about it than us...i remember he said there are 2 tanks or something and when the level is below a certain point in both for 10 minutes, the light comes on....something like that

 

thanks for the responses. yeah, i am aware of the problems associated with letting the tank get too low and didn't really want to find out for myself i was just curious cause it seems like i always fill up about 12.5 gallons when the light comes on and our tanks are suppose to be almost 16 gallons. i just wasn't sure that if you actually hit the "e" you were in deep doodoo or not.

 

Yeah listen to everyone here. If you risk screwing up the injectors or what not try it out with a gallon tank in the trunk. when you feel your car start to go stop and fill it up...that's the limit

 

The 3/4 line or the line before the last, just fill it up with a $20.
=P

 

wow. $20 for a tank of gas. i haven't seen that in.... i don't remember. how much is gas for you folks there? here, ours is up to $2.12/gal for 92 octane. that's cheap for us compared to $2.19/gal we were paying a few weeks back.