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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 16 2009, 05:10 PM (2,312 Views) | |
| dimetrodon | Dec 16 2009, 09:54 PM Post #16 |
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This morning I filled up when the needle was pointing exactly into the middle of the red square denoting "empty." I filled to overflowing and it took exactly 8 gallons. This implies about 2 gallons left in the tank but this does not tell you how much gas will remain in the tank when the pump starts pulling in air. |
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| Dallas | Dec 16 2009, 09:56 PM Post #17 |
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which, guaranteed is not bone dry when you run out of fuel |
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| Coche Blanco | Dec 16 2009, 10:10 PM Post #18 |
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Cliff notes: Don't run your car past E if you don't have to. Regular post: There is no reason really to run it all the way empty. Drive until you get to E, and then fill up. Subtract the number of gallons you put in from 10.5 and that is close to what you have left. Know that your car gets X miles per gallon, and if you have to, you can go Y miles with Z gallons of gas left in the tank. |
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| Johnny Mullet | Dec 16 2009, 11:21 PM Post #19 |
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Fear the Mullet
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Why do you think fuel pumps are not an issue with the Metro? Because of the inaccurate fuel gauge. I can run below the red line on my 1998 Metro and barely squeeze 8 gallons in it. Same with the wife's 1997 Metro. |
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| Hollywood | Dec 17 2009, 12:48 AM Post #20 |
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Thanks for the tips guys. I just didn't want to get stuck somewhere if i didn't have an idea of how much further i had to play with when needed. Im not planning on running it all the time to empty. In most cases you can feel ahaed of time when you are about to run out of gas. I just want to do a single experiment to give me an idea of total maileag with its capacity then i will have a better idea of how far i can go when close to empty. I guess a fun part about having these gas sippers is im constantly calculating my MPG and challenging myself to try and get more out of it. Geo, Just like Mcdonalds, "Im Luvin It!" |
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| Woodie | Dec 17 2009, 07:02 AM Post #21 |
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All Metro/Swift built in Canada (the vast majority of them, only the early 89's, GTi's, and convertibles were built in Japan) have a 10.6 gallon tank. Installed, with the filler neck connected, they'll take about 11.2. I drive mine until it stumbles and then fill it up until it dribbles down the fender all the time and have never had a problem with a fuel pump, fuel filter, or charcoal canister. This is over six cars and about 700K miles. I never put in less than ten gallons and have driven into the station and put in 11 gallons about ten times in a couple of different cars. When it gets down to about a gallon left, it will start running out of gas at the end of an exit ramp, pickup must be toward the right side as a long right hand turn will leave you sucking air just when you need it to accelerate to merge into the new road. Takes three or four seconds of straight, level driving for it to repressurize. I've done this about a hundred times then continued driving for another 25 miles before filling up. |
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| Woodie | Dec 17 2009, 07:23 AM Post #22 |
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Could be that a 270 degree left hander would do the same thing, but you don't run across them here. ![]() I took this picture, then drove to the gas station, and it only took 10.2 gallons to fill. So there was about a gallon left. Edited by Woodie, Dec 17 2009, 07:30 AM.
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| Manny | Dec 17 2009, 09:06 AM Post #23 |
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Yes! a Costa Rican member
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Personal experience: Once the needle reaches the E, it will continue to go down and get separated around 4-5 mm down the red mark, so an E is not exactly really empty, guess it's a way the engineers found to make the people fill up the tank at the right time before the pump gets dry around itself and overheat actually like the picture above, or bit more in my case...
Edited by Manny, Dec 17 2009, 09:07 AM.
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| Nick | Dec 17 2009, 09:46 AM Post #24 |
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Jack Of All Trades Master Of None
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i can go at least 20 miles. it was a unknown accident
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| ki4syr | Dec 17 2009, 09:56 AM Post #25 |
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It costs the same to keep a fuel tank full as it does running it empty. Why not save the trouble of destroying a fuel pump and the worry of walking to the next gas station?? |
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| nerys | Dec 17 2009, 11:27 AM Post #26 |
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Because stopping for gas wastes gas and makes keeping a FE log inaccurate. I never stop before about 400 miles unless its going to be more than 30 miles before my next wawa gas station (I will only buy wawa gas if I can help it since they only use 6-8% ethanol the first time I stuck 10-11% ethanol sunoco gas in the car my FE dropped to 42mpg from 47mpg) if you added 10.2 then you only had .4 to .5 gallons left in the tank depending on how much of the "neck" yo filled and it will only hold .2 to .3 gallons after the first click off most times. ie I would not want to run it that low your exposing your fuel pump at that point. few times won't hurt anything but too many times and it will wear faster and the FP's in the Metro's are NOT cheap. |
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| bogs | Dec 17 2009, 11:39 AM Post #27 |
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Duct tape heals all wounds
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Well, he already explained why, he isn't planning on doing this as a regular thing, he is wondering in case of not having enough fuel. 2 good solutions were already proposed, one by the poster himself that I saw, and those would be: ... a.) treat 1/4 - 1/8th tank as "E", fill up then, you will never have that concern about a windy back road in the middle of nowhere, or ... b.) (from the poster himself) if you know your going into uncharted territory, carry a gallon, or even half gallon fill can with you. I have used both of these solutions for over 30 years of driving and have never been stranded for lack of gas. I did however recently get stranded for lack of a rear drive shaft when it unexpectedly decided to leave my vehicle on the highway
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| Coche Blanco | Dec 17 2009, 04:58 PM Post #28 |
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Less gas= weight reduction lol |
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| starscream5000 | Dec 17 2009, 11:01 PM Post #29 |
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Got 70 MPG?
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Once the needle touches the very bottom of the red block I've got about 100 miles left in the tank before it starts stumbling when taking hard right hand turns. |
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| Hollywood | Dec 18 2009, 11:25 AM Post #30 |
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Thanks guys for the tips and concerns. Woodie and Manny, thanks for the pics and measurements. That was one thing i was looking for is how far below the E it will go. Now i see that i still have alot of room from where i was originally getting worried of running out of gas. Thanks Guys Edited by Hollywood, Dec 18 2009, 11:27 AM.
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i can go at least 20 miles. it was a unknown accident
2:06 PM Jul 11