low fuel light coming on with 1/4 tank left.
 

About 2 days ago I changed the backlight color of my gauge by following the steps in the tech section.

This morning while driving to work my tank was at 1/4 left but then the low fuel light came on....any ideas?

This was typed up on my cell phone....please excuse any crazy formatting....sorry!

You might just have your needle slightly off from where it should be. Fill up the tank-- if you put around 10 gallons in, then the light works, and your needle needs readjustment.

yeah it sounds like the needle wasn't put back on right

i got the same prob when I put in leds...what's the best way to realign the needle??? :bow:

Sorry to post a follow-up on your thread... but... Is the fuel light triggered by the needle? I assumed that it was triggered by a sensor in the fuel tank, which would make the needle position irrelevant.

Thanks!

Richard

I believe it is triggerd by a sensor because if you think about it StarSk8er said that the light came on when the needle read at 1/4th tank. So in reality I bet he had an almost empty tank but he bumped the needle when changing his gauge. I would do like was mentioned previously, fill up (which will probably come to 10 gallons), and move your needle to the top notch(full).

I wait till my gas light turns on , then I put the needle just on E. When i change my face, which is way too often!

when is the fuel light supose to go on in relation to the fuel gauge?

mine comes on at 1/8th tank and strangely enough, when i fill up full, my fuel gauge doesn't move off of full for about 90miles... i'm starting to think our gauge is either meant for a 10gallon tank or an 8gallon tank...

Low Fuel Light
 

Mine comes on about a needle width above the empty line. If I fill up then it usually takes about 9.6 gal. If I run it til the needle is perceptably below the empth line it takes almost 11 gallons.
At full I get about 85 to 90 miles to the 3/4 mark, about 175 to 180 to half and around 240 to 250 to 1/4.
I was getting better milage until ethanol became so prevelent!!! Now I struggle to get 30 to 31.

Walt