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[KDB22]

I have a 2005 that I recently purchased as a second vehicle I cannot put more than 18 gallons of gas and it says it's close to being empty any advice?

 

[ThatSickRip]

I have a 2005 that I recently purchased as a second vehicle I cannot put more than 18 gallons of gas and it says it's close to being empty any advice?

Does the fuel gauge work at all? Use the tripmeter and pick a mileage to get gas at to be safe. Id say 250 would be a safe zone unless youre getting horrible fuel mileage.

 

[4RunAmok]

If you can get the other drivers to do it, log your odometer reading and # of gallons at each fill-up. Then you can easily calculate your mileage. I keep a $3 pocket planner that I get at WalMart in each car and log not only fuel data but any maintenance that I do (everything, including wiper blades, waxing, addition of fuel system cleaner, etc.).

If you're an only child, it's ridicule. If not, it's friendly jabbing.

Put down the paper and pencil, there's an app for that and it's called Roadtrip. tracks everything you mentioned and more, and supports multiple cars.

 

[radlynx]

I have a 2005 that I recently purchased as a second vehicle I cannot put more than 18 gallons of gas and it says it's close to being empty any advice?

i think its a fail safe protection for the car. its programmed to show people that it looks empty from the fuel gauge but in reality, you still have 3-5 gallons left in the tank. people tent to panic when they see their gauge empty so they ended up refueling at the right moment. as others said, they were able to run the car for 40 miles after the mileage remaining reached zero.

imagine if they programmed it exactly as whats in the gauge and the exact mileage, a lot of people would run out of gas all the time and a lot would have early pump failure. you know the gas is what cools down the pump. i hope this makes sense.

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[jrm]

Like the 3rd gens

I have a 2005 that I recently purchased as a second vehicle I cannot put more than 18 gallons of gas and it says it's close to being empty any advice?

there is a baffle built in to the lower 3rd of the gas tank that more or less traps about 2 gallons of fuel and thus stablizes the fuel in the top 2/3s of the tank so that when the vehicle is on an angle, when driving off-road the fuel pick up doesnt suck air.

This is why you arent using the full 23 gallons and not getting the expected mileage of a 23 gallon tank.

I had to learn this the hard way after running out gas a couple of times thinking i could beat the gauge. :lever:

 

[Inv4drZm]

I just bought a 2005 Limited V8 four-wheel drive as a second vehicle and I have yet to put much over 18 gallons on a 23 gallon tank. 18.1 or .2 is all that it will take with the empty light coming on and the mile tracker to empty close to 5 miles being left. Any ideas on what could be causing this? I do not want to run it empty to check this but I'm getting gas frequently and if there is 5 gallons left that's close to a hundred miles I would have left on that tank. Any advice would be appropriated. I can live with it the way it is and I do not want to take it in to the dealer for some expensive check.

The way I look at the gauge, it is 5 gallons for each 1/4 tank, and 3 gallons below where 0 would be. I fill up at 19-20 gallons every time, shortly after the warning light comes on where I know I still have 3 gallons left (Only like 35miles for me).

 

[The Nothing]

Having had a lifetime of vehicles with insensitive fuel level senders, I've learned to rely more on trip meters than fuel gauges. It also gives me a keen idea of average fuel consumption and MPGs as I'm constantly resetting trip meters and calculating mileage. If you know that you should just fill up at around 340 miles, it doesn't matter what the gauge says.
Or do as I was taught when I was a kid and just always fill up at a quarter tank (my old S10 would have been sucking fumes at that point though)

 

[AuSeeker]

Having had a lifetime of vehicles with insensitive fuel level senders, I've learned to rely more on trip meters than fuel gauges. It also gives me a keen idea of average fuel consumption and MPGs as I'm constantly resetting trip meters and calculating mileage. If you know that you should just fill up at around 340 miles, it doesn't matter what the gauge says.
Or do as I was taught when I was a kid and just always fill up at a quarter tank (my old S10 would have been sucking fumes at that point though)

I do the same thing, except filling up at a 1/4 tank, I fill up when I have 2 to 3 gallons left in the tank, sometimes I may push it a little futher if on a trip and I know there's another gas station within range.