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Low Fuel Indicator
I wonder if Steve ever cut bad pumps open before? (use tubing cutter)
I've taken more than a few apart and they either wear out early from to much friction (lack of gas for lube) or they build up so much heat that the springs for the brushes loose their temper and no longer push on the brushes. I replaced a pump on one guys car who had about 180k miles on his it, his fuel lines were rotting so I had the go ahead to replace those and the pump while I was there. He has a habit of filling up at a 1/4 of a tank, not at 1/8th of a tank. Anyway I cut that pump open and with the amount of wear that pump had it could of gone another 180k. The last thing you want is to get stuck on the road with a dead pump only to dish out 500 or more bucks to replace it. Gas is always cheaper than running on fumes. In article >, says... > Think what you want, but there are good reasons not to run the fuel too low > (outside the obvious of the higher possibility of running out of fuel), > including premature in tank fuel pump failure (which you do not agree with) > and vapor condensation during cooler winter months. > > Bob > > "Steve Barker LT" > wrote in message > ... > > My L200 has less than a gallon when the chime goes off. And yes, it will > > run on until there is no gas. OH, and BTW, low fuel has NOTHING to do with > > fuel pump life. ... |
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Low Fuel Indicator
According to the owners manual for my SL1 the low fuel warning light comes
on when there is only 5 litres (~1.25 gallons) in the tank. Of course with cornering and acceleration/braking the sensor would think there was less gas in there. Depending on how you drive the light could be coming on a lot earlier than it would for someone that doesn't drive the same. Either way if it's coming on you should probably fill up (unless it's coming on when the gauge is reading half a tank). "teem" > wrote in message ... > On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:23:30 -0400, Tom The Great > > wrote: > >>On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:04:28 GMT, teem > wrote: >> >>>On my 03 Ion,it seems the low fuel chimes on earlier than it >>>should,can it malfuntion that much?.Maybe needs a factory re set?. >> >> >>Might want to post what is 'early'. >> >>hth, >> >>tom @ www.NoCostAds.com > well,i'm going to post when should it go off?.less than a gallon in > the tank?. |
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