Driving Past The Add More Fuel Beep

[Shawn Clark]

Originally Posted by patsparks

Avoid hills, bends and for god sake don't ever get a tiny drop of water in the odd tank. This is a great way to keep the bottom of the fuel tank clear of water and dirt, it is all getting sucked into the fuel filter and slowly blocking it.

Here we go with the urban legends/old wives tales.

And where, pray tell, do you think the pump normally pulls the gasoline from? The top of the tank?

Does water float on top of gasoline in the Southern Hemisphere by any chance?

[DaveinOlyWA]

well Shawn; if the water is on top, even more reason to not go too low on the tank

[DaveinOlyWA]

ok filled up. since after 10 days, i got tired of the blinking bar.

Last tank 613.7 @ 52.72 pump (62.8 MFD) 4.55 CPM, 23 MPH,

some background. last bar started blinking at 541 miles. (it has started blinking within 10 miles on every tank i have had no matte what the mpg's were) DTE hit zero at 565 which is also typical

now i filled up at 613 and sure i had at least another 40-50 miles and i will show u y.

snapped this pic with 4 miles on the tank. as you can see, the DTE is NOT BASED on what you do or how you drive the car, to a degree.

as i go thru this tank, the DTE will eventually adjust to a ZERO point at around 565 miles give or take a few miles

[Son of Gloin]

Originally Posted by KAR IDEA

OK. So it happened. Last night on my home. Funny thing is, I wasn't even trying to beat a record or prove a point ...

... I have to admit, ya'll warned me this might happen. So I take full responsibility. And I've learned my lesson!

And that LAST part ... that's all that really matters!

As for me, I continue to be a "fill-up-with-2-or-3-pips-left" kind of guy. I usually get 300+ miles per tank out of Mithril around town, and that's fine with me.

I did get down to the last pip one time on a long trip, and was a nervous wreck while looking for a gas station in an unfamiliar town!