Fuel Light - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

ulteeb · 11-24-2014, 10:50 PM

I'm only getting 38 litres into the tank when the fuel light comes meaning there should 12 litres left. Whats everyone else experience?

JohnJuan · 11-25-2014, 12:38 AM

I usually get about 11 gallons before the light comes on. I've put in almost exactly 12 before.

http://www.fuelly.com/car/scion/fr-s...ohnJuan/200931

Looks like my best miles/fuel-up is 352 mi.

Reaper · 11-25-2014, 12:49 AM

This tank holds more than 12 gallons.

Ultramaroon · 11-25-2014, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Reaper

This tank holds more than 12 gallons.

I can fit about a quart short of 11 after the light comes on. Haven't yet gotten around to running it dry and doing the 1-gal-at-a-time gauge calibration.

Tcoat · 11-25-2014, 09:21 AM

Pretty much exactly 38 liters the few times I have let the light come on. There is a pile of kilometers of range left after the light shows low though.

Reaper · 11-25-2014, 10:12 AM

I have put 13.1 in the tank.

Stang70Fastback · 11-25-2014, 10:17 AM

It's a 13.2 gallon (50 liter) tank, and the low fuel light is supposed to come on when there are approximately 1.8 gallons (6.8 liters) remaining. That's enough for 54 miles (87 kilometers) of highway driving with the manual. The low fuel light, in my experience, is not always that accurate, though. All it says is that you need fuel at some point, lol.

Ultramaroon · 11-25-2014, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Pretty much exactly 38 liters the few times I have let the light come on. There is a pile of kilometers of range left after the light shows low though.

People in the U.S. are getting screwed. I can't go nearly as many miles after the light comes on. What's so damn special about the Canadian cars?

Tcoat · 11-25-2014, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

People in the U.S. are getting screwed. I can't go nearly as many miles after the light comes on. What's so damn special about the Canadian cars?

Better tail winds?

Dadhawk · 11-25-2014, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Stang70Fastback

It's a 13.2 gallon (50 liter) tank, and the low fuel light is supposed to come on when there are approximately 1.8 gallons (6.8 liters) remaining. That's enough for 54 miles (87 kilometers) of highway driving with the manual. The low fuel light, in my experience, is not always that accurate, though. All it says is that you need fuel at some point, lol.

Yea, definitely not very accurate.

The "driest" I've run mine required a refill of 11.878 gallons (I track every tank, and they are listed in my Owner's Journal). At that point the needle was sitting dead on E, and the light had been on for over 50 miles.

Reaper · 11-25-2014, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper

I have put 13.1 in the tank.

I did this after hand pumping it dry of pump gas and cleaning it then re filling with e85.

Ultramaroon · 11-25-2014, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Better tail winds?

So I reread my post. I think it looked like I was serious. Was it my turn to step in the poo?

Tcoat · 11-25-2014, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

So I reread my post. I think it looked like I was serious. Was it my turn to step in the poo?

I have stepped in it so many times I am up to my knees.
Oh well:

Tcoat · 11-25-2014, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper

I did this after hand pumping it dry of pump gas and cleaning it then re filling with e85.

There are so many things I could do with that statement! Good thing not 2:am on a Saturday night after a few beers or this post would likely be very different.

11-25-2014, 12:49 AM	#3
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