when or should the gas light come on? i think i may have a problem with mine, and "warranty" is out of the question, im thinking like a 1/4 tank to slightly below that is when it should.

 

I figured that it comes on when there is 2 gallons left in the tank.

 

when does the light come on though? where does the needle point when if first comes on

 

I know on Cavaliers, it was set to come on at 15% fuel trim (15% remaining 15.4G tank @ 2.5G). I know my box is WAAAAAY higher than that. When the light comes on I stop and fill and it never takes more than 10 gallons, usually around 9.5. Tank in a box is 12.9 gallons I believe.

 

i run my down all the time, when it is just above the E line, it will turn on. You should have about 2 gallons left in the tank, when it actually dips below thw E line, then you should put it in neutral and push

 

lol, yeah ive driven it way past 'e' until it started sputtering and then i put some gas in it, but where does your needle point when the light first comes on so i can move my needle to that location?

 

it is just above the E line, i would say maybe 3 or 4 mm above it

 

cool ill give it a try, i thaught that it would have come on at about 1/4 tank, that seems kinda low, but ill try it

 

yeah, you would think, but it really isnt, i keep getting scared, but there is still a lot left when i hit that level

 

Yeah. Sorry I couldn't help with the needle question. I've had mine off way too many times. I think I actually need to tweek mine a little.

 

same here, just thaught it might be important to get it close so i dont run to low on the go juice, and give me a few more days and ill post pics of why i cant take it for warranty claims, its been some work but i think it will be worth it, so far i havent seen it done yet so hopefully ill be the first, but you never know

 

gas tank size in 11.9 not 12.9

 

^^shweet, def post pics

and im digging your avatar, lol

 

yeah i will have the pics soon, im almost done with it, and thanks i changed it because some fruit cake kept PM ing me that he was offended by my other one, big whoopty doooo.

 

lets see when does mine come on... ohh about 20 minutes after I run out of gas

 

lol, o well, cant win them all

 

yea, I learned the hard way, never let it hit that red line, cause soon after I'm empty, I don't let it get much below 1/4 tank

 

i can run about 50-75 miles after my gas light comes on before i start to run out. gas light comes on pretty early. great if your on a long roadtrip and next gas station is in 20 miles

 

My cavalier ran out 2x and the light NEVER came on. I know it "worked" because it would light up at startup.

duck... not sure why I had always thought it was 12,9. Oh well, that makes a little more sense... but I still have about 2.5 gallons when the light comes on. commute to work is only 20 miles... leaving me 50-60 miles to spare.

 

the 2 gallon warning is nice! Has anyone actually ran out of gas yet? If so how many miles you get out of it?