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How many miles of gas is left after the light comes on?

Just as the title says anybody have an estimated ballpark figure or an exact number? I always get scared when the orange gas light comes on.

should be around 2 gallons....
I have the tank filled up for 10.9 gallons or 11.x gallons when the light shows

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Originally Posted by ronnie13954 (Post 440749)

should be around 2 gallons....
I have the tank filled up for 10.9 gallons or 11.x gallons when the light shows

this^ same here

I think when it came on the last time for me I had 2 gallons left.

to add to what ronnie said, the tank is 13.2 gal iirc.

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Originally Posted by nab335 (Post 440743)

Just as the title says anybody have an estimated ballpark figure or an exact number? I always get scared when the orange gas light comes on.

Just drive it till your stuck on the side of the road like everyone here in Va haha :bonk:

just FYI, you should never run until the gas light is on. doing so prematurely wears out your fuel pump.

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Originally Posted by ayau (Post 440821)

just FYI, you should never run until the gas light is on. doing so prematurely wears out your fuel pump.

http://cdn.motinetwork.net/motifake....1275397796.jpg

I usually gas up after 10-20 miles after light goes on. Then when I fill up, I usually get just under 11 gallons. So there's probably a bit over 2 gallons.

Tap'd from my G-Nex

I got a lot of miles with the Empty light on but I didn't really think about the fuel pumps .. I'll stop doing that lol!
I want to say usually around 3 gallons and getting avg 28 mpg or so ... a decent 75ish miles.

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Originally Posted by DSTL (Post 415730)

For those switching over to E85 and trying to run their tank down as low as posible... here was my experience tonight. Obviously we all want to get as close to empty a possible when switching over without running out of gas.

I reset the trip odometer when the low fuel light came on, so that's how many miles I drove after that, mostly city. Clearly, E is not empty. There are some threads on here about the gas gauge, which gave me the guts to run it down that low. I could see light between the Needle and the Empty line (the needle was well below E), and as the receipt shows there was still plenty of room for error. Wish I would have driven another 10 miles at least in hindsight. Hope this helps.

http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/...l/f130235c.jpg

Above is taken from the Visconti tune thread. Lots of guys running their tanks down very low in order to switch over to E85. Looks like 2 gallons is a good rule of thumb.

More discussion on this starts on page 41 of the thread.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...=13307&page=41

I tested this out yesterday. My gas light came on and I drove 30ish miles with no issues (with some uphill climbs too). So, two gallons sounds reasonable.

thanks guys this is good to know.

My BRZ manual says it comes on at 1.8 gals.

The last time I pumped up, the attendant put in 10.5 gals or so, and I had driven maybe 10 miles or so after the light came on. So I estimate it to be closer to 2.5 gals.

But I'm in NJ, where the attendants tend to continue to pump after the first click - so maybe they shove in more that the published 13.2 capacity. I am sure there is extra room in the tank for emissions.