In WARM areas, how empty is the gas tank when it blinks?

yep that is true Dan. I'm currently at 499 miles and 59.7 MPG. I am still showing 3 bars on the guage. I think this should be a slam dunk for another 700 mile tank. The AC at 93 degrees seams to be offset by the shorter warmup cycle etc. I maintained the 59.7 this afternoon on my 33 mile drive with AC and my house is 600 feet higher in elevation than my jobsite.

 

500 miles AND 3 bars? That's fantastic! Yup, you should get to 700 miles on this tank, depending how many miles into that third bar you are.

 

only one real way to find out is on the next few tanks over a couple of months. I had that also on the tank I filled to take it to a one year average, it was only a few liters but was the worst I've ever got with this car.

 

Well, the last bar just started blinking at 628 miles on the tank. Current average displayed is 60.6 MPG. That is the best I've ever had at this point in the tank. I think the air filter replacement helped just a wee bit. I don't think this is the 800 mile tank but it should be a bit better than my longest to date.(763 miles) My wife is at 53.3 on hers but she isn't nearly broken in yet, not to mention the car.

 

When you got 763, how many gallons did you fill, or what was your MPG? Maybe I didn't need to chicken out at 684 miles.

 

Dan-
Displayed was 59.6. Tank took 12.749 to fill I believe the pictures are here.
http://priuschat.com/forums/763-miles-on-o...html?highlight=

Tideland-
When I fill it up to the top, I go almost 200 miles before the first bar drops off.

 

Dang! Could have done 700 miles after all.

 

Tideland I think the highest I've ever had before the drop is 168Km. On that one I remember about 10-12 clicks after the pump kicked off.

 

Holy Moly-
Currently at 717 miles at 60.8 MPG. So far I've gone 89 miles on the flashing bar. The first bar fell off at around 190 miles. Mixed driving. Yes the Prius can exceed the EPA ratings....with one wheel tied behind it's back.

Due to where I would be when I near my record, I won't be trying to beat it this time. I'll fill up on the way home.

 

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if it's warm like it is now just let is sit for 15 seconds or so and then give it some more, not full throttle, about 1/4 or so. If it's really warm if you wash the windows and go back to pumping it's not unusual to put in 5-6 liters more as the bladder expands/stretches a bit and the evaporative charcoal cannister bleeds some of the pressure out of the tank.

 

Finally see the bladder stretching!

Back in December I ran dry and car only took 11.5 gallons.

Today I filled up with 11.7 gallons, and I was only like 12 miles into the blinking, so if I had gone empty I'm sure I would have been over 11.9.

And I wasn't able to fill full. Pump just shut off so quick I gave up. But I was still able to get more in. Gave up when it got to be under 0.05 per click.

Generally I expect at flashing I have about 1 gallon left. I will have to get my can in the car and test this again.

 

I don't have any of these problems, but perhaps my '02 does not have the bladder -- don't know. I typically put gas in it when it gets to two bars, my wife gets hyper about running out of gas. They just stick the pump in the tank and set it to auto fill at the maximum rate (here in NJ no self-service). When it clicks I just have them fill it to the next even dollar. The amount it takes is normally very close to what I calculate from the MFD by taking the miles driven divided by the MPG it shows. I keep a log of actual miles and gallons and have been very happy. I just drive it and fill it and don't worry about getting lots of miles per tank. 400 to 500 miles per fill is fine by me.

 

all north American Prius have the bladder. 2k1 to date.