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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Malibu / November 2005Gas Gage Light 2002 malibu
how fare can you go when the low light come on As far as your date will let you go. ;-) > how fare can you go when the low light come on > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Topic URL: http://www.autoforumz.com/Gas-Gage-Light-2002-ftopict144311.html > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.autoforumz.com/eform.php?p=696229 > how fare can you go when the low light come on Depends on your MPG but I get about a gallons worth of distance out of my 2004 Classic with a 2.2L ECOTEC it comes out to about 29 miles. This is the main reason fuel pumps fail, no fuel to cool them. Always keep it over a quarter tank........  SignatureJohn "some suffer from insanity, I choose to enjoy it" > how fare can you go when the low light come on > This is the main reason fuel pumps fail, no fuel to cool them. > Always keep it over a quarter tank........ This is a myth, I think it may have been true on older cars but I have always used all of the fuel before refilling the tank and have never had to replace a fuel pump. The fuel pump isn't cooled by being submerged in gasoline, it is the gasoling flowing through the fuel pump that cools it. Just my opinion. Anyone reading this can do what they want. >> how fare can you go when the low light come on I would "think" an Object completely surrounded by a cool liquid would have a tendency to cool itself ? Ummmmmm >I would "think" an Object completely surrounded by a cool liquid would have >a tendency to cool itself ? Ummmmmm What I mean is that it doesn't need to be submerged to stay cool. As long as it is pumping fuel it will stay cool. >> This is the main reason fuel pumps fail, no fuel to cool them. >> Always keep it over a quarter tank........ [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Just my opinion. Anyone reading this can do what they want. I've drive on "E" with the idiot light on quite frequently and been doing iot for 30+ years. Not a single fuel related issue so far. My current vehicle has 3-4 gallons left in it when the light comes on. I often drive 2-3 days that way. I vote that it's a myth as well. change fuel filter regular makes the pump last longer. >> This is the main reason fuel pumps fail, no fuel to cool them. >> Always keep it over a quarter tank........ [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >>> how fare can you go when the low light come on It's both, plus fuel slosh going around corners starves the pump and it runs dry for a second. Even in it's baffled tank setup it will suck air as it's moving a lot of fuel in a recirc. system. Keep gas in the tank >> This is a myth, I think it may have been true on older cars but I have >> always used all of the fuel before refilling the tank and have never had >> to replace a fuel pump. The fuel pump isn't cooled by being submerged in >> gasoline, it is the gasoling flowing through the fuel pump that cools it. >> >> Just my opinion. Anyone reading this can do what they want. > It's both, plus fuel slosh going around corners starves the pump and it > runs dry for a second. > Even in it's baffled tank setup it will suck air as it's moving a lot of > fuel in a recirc. system. > Keep gas in the tank I don't know why people tell me to do this, I don't plan on doing it because I've always let my tank run dry before refueling and never had to replace a fuel pump. I've owned cars as old as 1985s and as new as 2004s, never had a problem on any of them with the fuel pump. If you should keep gas in the tank why have I not read about it in any mechanics books or owners manuals? >>> This is a myth, I think it may have been true on older cars but I have >>> always used all of the fuel before refilling the tank and have never had [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>> >>> Just my opinion. Anyone reading this can do what they want. I went 20 miles when the light came on. I would be careful though b/c you can mess up something. don't let it get all the way empty. > how fare can you go when the low light come on I don't push it very far in mine. I do know that it's about a 14 gallon tank, and when I filled it the one time right after the light came on, I put in 11.5 gallons. That meanst I had 2.5 gallons, enough for around 40-60 gallons give or take, depending on how hard you drive and how well you've taken care of it. |
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