According to the gas pump, the light comes on with 5 gallons left (22
gal. tank, '99).
We had some discussion about running the tank almost dry a while back.
Don't do it. The gas cools and lubricates the pump, but when you get
low on fuel, the pump is no longer submerged. You'll be sending the
fuel pump to an early grave.
Frank Johnson wrote:
>
> Ok, there was a little talk about this earlier and so i decided to look in
> the manual to see what the real deal was.
> Well, it says that the light will come on when there is 3 gallons or 11.1
> litres of fuel left.
> Mine will come on when it hits the 1/8 tank line. So after reading that
> part of the manual when i saw the light i drove another 15 minutes or so
> city, and got her filled to the very peak.
> Thing is, my gauge now read about 1/16 tank, and i put just over 66 litres
> in. So there was still about 17 litres in there--about 4.6 gallons.
> So maybe they just want to give the drivers a little extra warning?
> But i like to drain my tank almost completely dry, then fill it up. Makes
> me feel like i spend less money on gas that way as there are fewer trips to
> the pumps.
> That, and i go across the Ambassador bridge to gas up. :)
>
> Frank WJ
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