Please tell me you don't do this in the summer time since in many vehicles the fuel pump is designed to be cooled by the surrounding fuel in the tank. Running tanks to near empty on a regular basis (at least in the warmer months) is a very good way to shorten the life of the in-tank fuel pump.quote:
Originally posted by pinoy99:
Bunk. I've always run my cars/trucks until they are empty(lights on or the dial at very close to E). No freezing fuel pump, etc. IMO, this is only a problem if the gas/station has a lot of moisture in their gas to begin with. Sticking with name brand gas and station that gets a lot of volume might help.
And most modern cars have it set up so that "E" (or the low fuel light) really means that there's two gallons or so left in the tank. Once again, methinks we worry too much.quote:
Heck, many of the owners manuals on certain s of GM vehicles specifically caution against this practice. I do recall my 98 Grand Am had that warning in the owners manual.
But I do, the truck has 178k+(even running out of gas once) miles no issues except the thirst for oilquote:
Originally posted by Forkman:
Please tell me you don't do this in the summer time
This is the only reason I have ever heard of to keep your tank full. I grew up in Kansas, out in the middle of no where. Mom and Dad always said to keep the tank full and carry a couple of blankets in the trunk.quote:
For safetys sake I would never let it get below 1/2 full in the winter. Not that it makes much difference as far as freezing, etc but there is too much of a chance of something happening to let it get to the E, especially in the winter.