Fuel Gauge F@#$

[kswieringa]

Here is fun week. Mon. on the way to work ran out of fuel with an 1/8th tank fuel indicated. Fri ran out with a 1/4 tank fuel indicated. DC sure has a quality ride

 

[lschultz]

Welcome to the club. It happened to me several months ago. Still don't trust it after they replaced it but so far so good.

 

[Lsfarm]

Fuel gauge

At the risk of sounding like a jerk, I'll quote what my grandfather said 30 years ago when he rescued me with a can of gas.



" It costs the same to keep a car full or to keep it empty "



I keep my truck above 1/2, or fill up every 300 miles whichever comes first.



Sorry if I sound like a smart a$$.



greg L

 

[MikeR]

And you guys have newer models. How about some of us with older trucks where the gauge has just quit moving completely. I have caught the gauge in my 2000 reading incorrect below the 1/8 mark, that's why I reset and use the trip odometer and compare the miles to where the gauge sits. As long as I refill by 600 miles then I'm fine. My wife's 95 gauge had quit moving completely so I replaced the sending unit.

 

[kswieringa]

Gauge should stop a !/2 tankI

GregL



At the risk of also sounding like a jerk.

If I had wanted a truck with a 300 mile range I would have bought an import. They put a fuel gauge in your vehicle for a reason . Since I fuel at work and that is 20 miles away from my jobsite which is in the opposite direction of my home which is 50 miles from the jobsite,

you can see why I don't fuel up every three days. I am definitely the dope for not fueling up when I know I had to be low,irregardless of what the gauge indicated.

 

[JGort]

100 gal. fuel cell

My turn to sound like a jerk, what's the "100 gal. fuel cell" in your signature? It seems you should get more than 3 days out of that. Regardless, have the dealer fix it.

 

[kswieringa]

Transfer Tank

100 gal cell is used to fuel other equipment and my truck when needed.

One of the other reasons I don't run to get fuel When a 1/2,1/4 or 1/8full