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Ran Out of Gas

Old 07-29-05, 10:46 AM
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Parked car at night... Wouldn't start in the morning.

Filled it with 0.9 gallons from canister, 17.3 gallons from pump, equals 18.2 gallons point of no return.
Old 07-29-05, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Butta
Parked car at night... Wouldn't start in the morning.

Filled it with 0.9 gallons from canister, 17.3 gallons from pump, equals 18.2 gallons point of no return.
Was the "low fuel" light on? Orange dot just below the pump icon.
Old 07-29-05, 01:11 PM
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don't do that again, it's very bad for your fuel pump and injectors. you don't even want to think about replacing that
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Originally Posted by rominl
don't do that again, it's very bad for your fuel pump and injectors. you don't even want to think about replacing that
This is true (not that you MEANT to run out of gas, Kramer!).

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Originally Posted by Ex996
This is true (not that you MEANT to run out of gas, Kramer!).
Kramer, as in Kosmo Kramer?
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Originally Posted by bigzip
Kramer, as in Kosmo Kramer?
hahaha yeah did you see the episode where they wanted to see you far they could be on "E" before it ran out? Kramer and Newman, I think.
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Yeah, the empty light was on. Figured I had another 2 gallons to go and it somehow slipped my mind. :-X
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Originally Posted by Ex996
hahaha yeah did you see the episode where they wanted to see you far they could be on "E" before it ran out? Kramer and Newman, I think.
Kramer and a car salesman,

.........sorry 'bout getting off subject.

http://www.tv.com/seinfeld/the-deale...7/summary.html
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unless some idiot siphoned gas out of your car and poured it into his
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Originally Posted by Butta
Yeah, the empty light was on. Figured I had another 2 gallons to go and it somehow slipped my mind. :-X
haha man you really pushed the limit there
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I misjudged on a trip, and found myself showing 0 miles cruise range remaining. I drove about a mile after that to the nearest gas station, and the attendant poured in 16 gallons, which means that there was still just over 2 gallons (isn't the tank like 18.5?).

One might think that when it gets to 0, you still have 40-50 miles left, but that's something I wouldn't want to push, since some of the fuel may be unusable.

One thing that was a bit disturbing is that when it showed 10 miles remaining, it seemed like I went substantially less than 10 miles before it got down to 0.
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Originally Posted by hziemba
One might think that when it gets to 0, you still have 40-50 miles left, but that's something I wouldn't want to push, since some of the fuel may be unusable.
If you're getting 20-25+ MPG then yeah, but we all know that isn't too likely on the 3GS
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