DAKSY wrote:
>
> Hey, Barry...
>
> <snip> The 22 acts the same way, if I put gas in it after the light
> comes on,
> the most I have ever managed is 17 gallons, well short of the 22 I am
> supposed to have. But there is the small issue of the fuel pump that
> needs to remain immersed in gas, supposedly. It does make one wonder
> that the smaller tank fuelpumps don't have this issue....<snip>
>
>
> Not in the DAKSY...I drove home from Cape Cod a coupla years ago &
> was below "E" by the time I reached a Mobil station...
> She drank 21.3 gallons before she wasn't thirsty anymore!
> I think I put about 75 miles on her after the "I'm Thirsty" light came
> on...
>
> Bob (DAKSY) Smith
> DAKSY2K on AIM
> 2K SY Dakota Sport +
> V-6 4 x 4 5 speed
> 2K05 HD 883C YP
>
> http://home.nycap.rr.com/daksy/
> Averill Park, NY
Huh? dude, you just agreed with me. If you were getting 15 mpg [ish],
you were about 5 gallons over [under] the threshold where the light
comes on. You essentially did what we [our trucks] have been warned not
to do, which is run the tank almost dry...
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