Frank,
I did this when I first purchased my Dak so I could chart out the fuel gauge
vs the actual gallons in the tank. Never hurt anything.
Rich - Ashburn, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Johnson [mailto:frankwjohnson@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 12:17 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: milage
Maybe this is a really dumb question, but how bad is it to run your tank
dry, so that the motor actually shuts down?
I've wanted to do try this type of test with a jerry-can to add to the tank
when it went dry.
But i won't if it's gonna hurt the Dak.
Frank WJ
>
>I remember a thread a few weeks back discussing the milage after the low
>fule
>warning light comes on.... well I did a little experiment today. I was
>making
>a 110 mile drive home from tucson. the guage was on e when I left, so I
>stopped for gass, but there were problems with the pump, and I only got 7
>gallons. I figured that I could stop close to home. I drove all the way
>there
>with out stopping. when the light came on I continued for annother 30 miles
>till it reached the red on the gauge, then went annother 30+ miles till I
>reached a gass station. when I stopped the nedle was covering the E on the
>gauge, and the tank took 19 gallons in the 22 gallon tank. this seems that
>I
>could have gone quite a bit further, but that I went far on the little bit
>of
>gass.
>gregg
>99cc5spd318
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