Ran out of gas in my 2003 GS430 - Exact size of Gas tank
#16
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for some reason i think the gs400 gets better gas mileage than the 300, if i would have known i would have gotten a 400, oh well, i was thinking cause its a big 6 cylinder that has to work harder than a 8 cylinder motor wasting more gas, could be wrong, but my 300 gets 250 to the full tank while everybody else talks about getting 400, this sucks
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Originally posted by b1gredek
for some reason i think the gs400 gets better gas mileage than the 300, if i would have known i would have gotten a 400, oh well, i was thinking cause its a big 6 cylinder that has to work harder than a 8 cylinder motor wasting more gas, could be wrong, but my 300 gets 250 to the full tank while everybody else talks about getting 400, this sucks
for some reason i think the gs400 gets better gas mileage than the 300, if i would have known i would have gotten a 400, oh well, i was thinking cause its a big 6 cylinder that has to work harder than a 8 cylinder motor wasting more gas, could be wrong, but my 300 gets 250 to the full tank while everybody else talks about getting 400, this sucks
i have gs4 and is3, both eat gas about the same
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Good grief...you guys who get 400+ miles to the tank, that is IMPRESSIVE!
I'm always at 1/4 tank right around 245 miles....and I drive (95% of the time) where my gears shift under 2000 RPM, so I'm no Speed Racer...
I need to move to the mountains...haha
I'm always at 1/4 tank right around 245 miles....and I drive (95% of the time) where my gears shift under 2000 RPM, so I'm no Speed Racer...
I need to move to the mountains...haha
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Originally posted by kevs
Good grief...you guys who get 400+ miles to the tank, that is IMPRESSIVE!
I'm always at 1/4 tank right around 245 miles....and I drive (95% of the time) where my gears shift under 2000 RPM, so I'm no Speed Racer...
I need to move to the mountains...haha
Good grief...you guys who get 400+ miles to the tank, that is IMPRESSIVE!
I'm always at 1/4 tank right around 245 miles....and I drive (95% of the time) where my gears shift under 2000 RPM, so I'm no Speed Racer...
I need to move to the mountains...haha
though now i always get gas as soon as it hits the 1/4 mark @_@
#22
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Originally posted by rominl
actually if i just drive on the highway without traffic (and if i can refrain myself from gunning the car a few times here and there), putting 400 miles in a tank is definitely doable
though now i always get gas as soon as it hits the 1/4 mark @_@
actually if i just drive on the highway without traffic (and if i can refrain myself from gunning the car a few times here and there), putting 400 miles in a tank is definitely doable
though now i always get gas as soon as it hits the 1/4 mark @_@
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#26
My GS4 runs out not long after the low fuel light comes on.
I don't know if I have ever been able to put more than 17-18 gallons in ever. I thought I had read it was a 20-20.5 gallon tank. Maybe I read it wrong.
The GS has essentially 2 gas tanks, a left and right. It has a siphon jet so it can pull from the other tank (the one the pump isn't in), I think mine doesn't suck well off the other side one (right I think). I need to get the back seat out and pull the covers to see what is up on mine.
Ive probably run out 5-6 times now. I can't push the car when that light comes on AT ALL. If it comes on, I stop at the first station I find.
I don't know if I have ever been able to put more than 17-18 gallons in ever. I thought I had read it was a 20-20.5 gallon tank. Maybe I read it wrong.
The GS has essentially 2 gas tanks, a left and right. It has a siphon jet so it can pull from the other tank (the one the pump isn't in), I think mine doesn't suck well off the other side one (right I think). I need to get the back seat out and pull the covers to see what is up on mine.
Ive probably run out 5-6 times now. I can't push the car when that light comes on AT ALL. If it comes on, I stop at the first station I find.
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My GS400 is the same. A few times now I have run out of gas within about 10-15 miles of the low fuel light coming on. Once I was out of gas before the light even came on and the gauge was still showing about 1/8 tank left. I had to get my tank rebuilt about a year ago because it was leaking. I think the siphoning hasn't worked right ever since. I am also think maybe my fuel pump is getting weak.
#29
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is this siphon jet in the 430 also or just the 400? I know the 400s tend to have issues with the fuel filters and fuel pumps which I THOUGHT they changed something in the 430 so it doesnt happen anymore?
#30
Both, should be the identical part.
My GS has nearly 240k miles and I have no evidence the fuel filters or pump have ever been changed. The filter will probably get changed this summer just because....
I'll ask my lexus guru.
My GS has nearly 240k miles and I have no evidence the fuel filters or pump have ever been changed. The filter will probably get changed this summer just because....
I'll ask my lexus guru.