How Low can you go ? - Miles to Empty

[Lunch Box]

"I got under the truck and banged on the tanks". You dog you!

You are F...ing INSANE!!!

 

[MVI]

*Cries in Californian* at getting 32 gallons of gas for $77.

Last month 32g cost $61.

I cried today too. Anything over $60 is a lot for a full tank in Texas.

But I was out hunting last week and the fuel tab was worth it

#Pheasant-Tremor
@TRAMPER

 

[MVI]

DON’T try this in a diesel!!!

I know better. I had an AUX tank for +65 gal I'm my last D truck.

Loved the 1000 mi range on a tank. But alas now I'm driving a Godzilla

 

[StrokinOut]

DON’T try this in a diesel!!!

I try not to go below 1/4 tank, usually. Today it was showing about 1/8 tank, something like 76 on the DTE, it took 27 gallons.

 

[Briski]

This is an informative thread, essentially the low job! Information is subjectively objective. I have a story similar to lunch box’s but that has already been mentioned.
Cheers

 

[Briski]

1/4 tank minimum is the rule! My grandfather taught me that after well you know…

 

[Winterized]

DON’T try this in a diesel!!!

My Tremor is my first diesel and while I'm not one to let the fuel in any vehicle of mine run extremely low, I now know to be extra cautious thanks to this thread.

Thankfully, one pixel below 1/4th tank is the spot where I can reliably get all 25 discounted gallons in the tank using Albertson's/Safeway/Vons gas rewards in the tank, similar to my other trucks so that's when I fill.

Getting up to a buck a gallon off a fill up is a sweet feeling and helps keep the fuel fresh since I'm far from the only one making use of this.

 

[TremorHauler]

I'm pretty sure it's a federal requirement that vehicles must have somewhere around 10% in reserve when the vehicle is truly at empty. It's bad for any turbo systems to be run dry so I only press it past that point if I must. I feel confident there's still gas in the tank so that I can drive.

 

[Modman]

I'm pretty sure it's a federal requirement that vehicles must have somewhere around 10% in reserve when the vehicle is truly at empty. It's bad for any turbo systems to be run dry so I only press it past that point if I must. I feel confident there's still gas in the tank so that I can drive.

I searched the FMVSS (keyword) and didn't come up with anything. My experience with the Volvo (see above) would tell me that there isn't any fed requirement unless it is only for vehicles manufactured in the US. Happy to be wrong on this, though. To me it seems like it's more of a warranty avoidance benefit for the OEMs by trying to minimize owners running the fuel system dry.

 

[blumhagen]

I’ve never run below 1/4 to not stress the lifting pump. But in my klr 650 that’s a different story. I’ve had that thing tipped on its side just to get the secret reserve multiple times.

 

[pickleknuckles]

I did something similar to this many, many, years ago. My girlfriend at the time, Dad owned a Chevrolet dealership in Pecos, TX. We went there to pick up a brand new 85 Silverado 1500 short bed he had for her. It had duel tanks, so both were full, and we were headed back to Austn. So we were on I-10 and the first tank was reading empty. She was about to reach down and hit the rocker switch to switch tanks. I told her, "let's let it run dry and you will be able to tell how accurate the gage is" not long the truck started to sputter, so I hit the rocker and NOTHING happened. I said, your dad filled both tanks didn't he? She said, yeah I was there when the porter did it. So we pulled over on the shoulder of I-10 in the middle of freaking nowhere. I got under the truck and banged on the tanks, one was definitely empty, one was full. I looked at the solenoid and there was a bunch of hoses going to and from it. Shit there was no way I was going to flip flop hoses! So here we were in the middle of nowhere. I go out to the back of the truck and try to flag someone down, 20 minutes, no one stopped. I finally told her to lower the tailgate, sit on it and try to get someone to stop. I went and sat in the truck. The first car that went by with her on the tailgate stopped!! Awesome, they took us to get 5 gallons of gas and we were on our way. She took the truck to a Chevrolet dealer in Austin and the solenoid was bad on a brand new truck. It's not just trucks today messing up when they are new, it always been going on!!

As soon as I saw 1985 and [insert any malaise-ish era American automotive manufacturer], I knew where you were going. Pretty sure all the original circuit boards in my '87 Power Ram are printed on actual graham crackers.

 

[JTredway]

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i swear this is my wife's Jeep, ALL THE DAMN TIME!

 

[Lunch Box]

My DTE today after having already driven 116 miles on the tank!

 

[JTredway]

I'm not sure when the DTE goes yellow/orange for alert but this was last night. Also, not sure how you guys get such good fuel mileage, only thing I can consider is I drive too fast around Atlanta and my wheels & tires are too heavy (Toyo MTs are fat chonks at 80lbs lol)

 

[Sccritterkiller]

I pushed it to like 24ish miles past 0...on I 90 between Rapid City and Mitchell SD not paying attention and just driving, before I realized how far the next exit was... took almost 57 gallons to fill up, just under 200 bucks.

 

[dugals]

I’ve got the 7.3 and I could not be happier except for the limited range while towing.

Using Forscan, the setting is in the IPC 720-03-01 module shows the fuel tank size which defaults to 34. If you look at the IPC 720-09-01 module, it determines the reserve amount, my value is set to 6 (default that can be modified) which means that when you see the message 0 miles to empty, there is a 6 gallon reserve. I understand Ford put this buffer in to circumvent those of us who push it to the limit.

I verified this setting after I installed the TransFlow 58-gallon gas tank on my first fill up. I ran the gas down to about 10 miles to empty (the warning message came on the console notifying me of 32 miles to empty) and I ran it down to 10, and filled up. The resulting math indicated the number of gallons during the fill up + the 6 gallon reserve equaled approximately 58 gallons. I hope I never have to rely on using it, but I believe it’s there.

Cheers

 

[Rodd187]

I’ve got the 7.3 and I could not be happier except for the limited range while towing.

Using Forscan, the setting is in the IPC 720-03-01 module shows the fuel tank size which defaults to 34. If you look at the IPC 720-09-01 module, it determines the reserve amount, my value is set to 6 (default that can be modified) which means that when you see the message 0 miles to empty, there is a 6 gallon reserve. I understand Ford put this buffer in to circumvent those of us who push it to the limit.

I verified this setting after I installed the TransFlow 58-gallon gas tank on my first fill up. I ran the gas down to about 10 miles to empty (the warning message came on the console notifying me of 32 miles to empty) and I ran it down to 10, and filled up. The resulting math indicated the number of gallons during the fill up + the 6 gallon reserve equaled approximately 58 gallons. I hope I never have to rely on using it, but I believe it’s there.

Cheers

Great to know, thank you for the info!

 

[StrokinOut]

I’ve got the 7.3 and I could not be happier except for the limited range while towing.

Using Forscan, the setting is in the IPC 720-03-01 module shows the fuel tank size which defaults to 34. If you look at the IPC 720-09-01 module, it determines the reserve amount, my value is set to 6 (default that can be modified) which means that when you see the message 0 miles to empty, there is a 6 gallon reserve. I understand Ford put this buffer in to circumvent those of us who push it to the limit.

I verified this setting after I installed the TransFlow 58-gallon gas tank on my first fill up. I ran the gas down to about 10 miles to empty (the warning message came on the console notifying me of 32 miles to empty) and I ran it down to 10, and filled up. The resulting math indicated the number of gallons during the fill up + the 6 gallon reserve equaled approximately 58 gallons. I hope I never have to rely on using it, but I believe it’s there.

Cheers

I need check that out for my truck. In my previous post I mentioned getting down to 1/8 on the gauge and it said something like 76 miles till empty. The truck took 27 gallons so it had 7 gallons left. At 0 miles till empty I expect mine would have less than 6 gallons left.

 

[dugals]

I need check that out for my truck. In my previous post I mentioned getting down to 1/8 on the gauge and it said something like 76 miles till empty. The truck took 27 gallons so it had 7 gallons left. At 0 miles till empty I expect mine would have less than 6 gallons left.

To be safe you might carry a 5 gallon gas can but I would never let it get completely or almost dry - you'll damage the fuel pump. Cheers

 

[StrokinOut]

To be safe you might carry a 5 gallon gas can but I would never let it get completely or almost dry - you'll damage the fuel pump. Cheers

I don't plan to ever run it to 0 on the DTE, 1/8 tank was the lowest I had ever let it go. I am curious to see what the Forscan setting says.