goblues38 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 SO, on my 4th week with the car. Now at 1,1xx miles. Each time I get gas, I have tried to go farther into a tank. I want to see when i really need to get gas. Last night i pushed it. When the rage to empty goes to ZERO. It looks like my car at least, still has 2.5 - 3 gallons in the tank. Wich would mea that I should comfortably be able to go AT LEAST 50 miles @ 18 MPG. Thats what I did last night, and still was only able to put 17.5 gallons in the tank. The tank is 19 correct? Is it just me, or is the "range to empty" and researve tank very conservative in this car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopolZ Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 with my 2010 when I hit 0 miles to go, i only have 1.25-1.5 gallon left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeB Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 I have a 2010 SHO too and came up with similar numbers last fill up. Got it down to ~30 miles till empty, average MPG read 15-16 and I could only put 15 gallons in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoman04 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Goblue, I've 2011 SHO and go to 0 empty a time or two and 16-17.2 is the max gallens I've ever put in but the page work say 19 gals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenh Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 At one time due to smog rules/regulations, etc a tank would be full at approx. 2 ga. less than rated capacity. I know not if this still holds true. So, you are pushing your luck, also you stand a chance of sucking debris from the tank, not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblues38 Posted September 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 also you stand a chance of sucking debris from the tank' date=' not good.[/quote'] And on the 8th day god had some smart car guys create fuel filters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenh Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 And on the 8th day god had some smart car guys create fuel filters. And one the 9th day the more intelligent species discovered filters clog. One tank of bad fuel could deposit a goodly amount of garbage in the tank. This was carved in stone a few eons ago, should be common knowledge by now. But since my vehicle is not involved I don't give a Rattzz adzz how low other folks run the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash712us Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Clogging filter would not be my concern, as all debris will sit sit on the bottom of the tank and pump draws fuel from the bottom of tank any way. And a clogged filter would be unavoidable. But the fuel pump would be my main concern because it is cooled and lubricated by the fuel, and running car excessively low on fuel causes undue stress on the fuel pump. But for testing proposes to see how low you can go is fine, but drivers that make a habit of driving on fumes will find themselves replacing fuel pumps more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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