Ya think this is too close...

To the OP:

People have the right to their opinion and you have the right to ignore it.

S

Should re title this thread "the good, the bad and the un informed!"

Oasisbob wrote:
We once ran totally out of fuel on I-5 coasted off the freeway (north end of Grants Pass) took the down hill through a green light and right up to the pump at the first station on the right. But I don't reccomend this. Fill er up my friend.

Then you could go to Muchas Gracias restaurant, it's one of my daughter's favorites.

With 1 mile to empty on a Toyota you still have 5 gallons left.

Have you folks ever looked at an in tank-fuel pump? The fuel pump has it's own sump that is filled by the return line which has already been through the filter! The pump does not suck directly from the bottom of the tank.

The pump doesn't all of a sudden take on sediment once you're low on fuel. It takes on sediment everyday. Sediment lives at the bottom of the tank. Even after it has been disturbed it falls back down to the bottom of the tank. The pump's pickup point is always at the same spot, the bottom of the tank. Regardless if the tank if full or if it's empty, it has to deal with sediment. That's why socks, screens, and filters exist and are designed in a way to battle a lifetime of sediment. On a fairly new vehicle, there's not much sediment in the tank anyway.

OP's truck! Guess there are two kind of people in the world. I always know what I a going to see when my wife says,"Why don't you take my car Honey?" Just a row of flashing dashes!

mkirsch wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Then WHY suck the bottom of tank :H

Why not suck the bottom of the tank? The gas is there to be used, so use it!

If the pump needs X gallons of gas in the tank "to stay cool" or whatever, then that should be reflected in the fuel gauge readout and on the DIC. This would only serve to protect the manufacturers from costly warranty replacements of fuel pumps if it's such a critical issue.

The pump will last through the warranty and fail after and not a concern of the MFG. If the OP keeps running it that low he will shorten the life from the pump and that is indisputable. It is fact that the pump is cooled by fuel and the more fuel in the tank the better. The filter is also part of the assembly in most newer vehicles and the pump/filter assembly will take on more sediment when run extremely low like in the OP example.

mkirsch wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Then WHY suck the bottom of tank :H

Why not suck the bottom of the tank? The gas is there to be used, so use it!

If the pump needs X gallons of gas in the tank "to stay cool" or whatever, then that should be reflected in the fuel gauge readout and on the DIC. This would only serve to protect the manufacturers from costly warranty replacements of fuel pumps if it's such a critical issue.

X2...

When my fuel light is on I have 3.5 gallons of fuel left in the tank...no worries...no problems...ever...my Town Car has 2.5 gallons in the tank when the mile to empty gauge says 0...

Thanks!

Jeremiah

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Then WHY suck the bottom of tank :H

Why not suck the bottom of the tank? The gas is there to be used, so use it!

If the pump needs X gallons of gas in the tank "to stay cool" or whatever, then that should be reflected in the fuel gauge readout and on the DIC. This would only serve to protect the manufacturers from costly warranty replacements of fuel pumps if it's such a critical issue.

dodge guy wrote:

romore wrote:
So none of you were that woman who spent nine days on an Arizona desert road after running out of gas?:R I try not to run the tank that low, fuel gauges are notoriously unreliable. When it gets close to 1/4 I start looking for a stop. If it's a long walk between stations I fill at 1/2.

The fuel gauge is actually very accurate! probably the only gauge on the dash that is! if it`s off, its broke!

Running out of gas isn't much of a concern here in the New England, there's a gas station on every corner, sometimes two or three. Well, it seems like it anyways. Now days my choice in stations is: can I get in without blocking traffic and more importantly, can I get out again... I won't ever get started on "Parking lot maize"... What idiot thought that one up?