approx fuel left when light comes on???
Hey guys I got a 2017 Winnebago Minnie Winnie 31K. The specs say it has a 55 gallon fuel tank. My fuel light came on while headed home. I drove about 15 miles to the gas station near home. I filled ...
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pnichols wrote:
When the light comes on - how much gas is left MAY depend upon much you put into the tank the last time you filled it.
Not typically, as the light is controlled either from its own float switch or from the sender for the gas gauge. If you put less in when you fill it, it just comes on sooner (the extra gas is of course at the top of the tank, not the bottom). Likewise, if you don't fill but only put in half a tankful, the light will come on at basically the same level. It's not counting miles from the fill-up generally. (A trip computer time to empty display, on the other hand, may work by tracking fuel use since the fill-up and so may be sensitive to how full it was filled.)
Being on sloped ground may affect when it comes on, just as it affects the gas gauge. In some systems where the sender for the fuel gauge is used, rather than a separate float switch or sensor, I suspect the voltage of the chassis 12V system may also affect it depending on how things are designed.
