kiluminati001

How many miles can you get in the civic and the accord after the fuel empty light comes on?

xRiCeBoYx

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it typically comes on when you have ~2-ish gallons left in your car... well, at least, in my experience..

jttegx

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on my 2003 ex, i have 60 miles left til im stuck on the road

Changu-San

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Ive driven over 50miles after the light comes on...its kinda wierd though...after I drive a while lights dies and then when I restart the light comes back on again...any one have the same problem. I have an ex.

gearbox

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With a bad fuel sender, the light could come on when there's 4-5gallons left. But normally it's around 2.

zachgeyer

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yea 2

CivicsRdBest

hmmm... is it below empty by 2 yet? or almost @ empty?

HomerSimpson

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I have gotten as much as 30 miles after the light came on, but was nervous going that far.

VtecDude

Usually I get about 20-40 miles after the light comes on. It is never the same tho, just usually within that range. Speaking of.. my friend and I were driving his jetta on the freeway when his light came on. He was driving the car well into the 5.5-6 rpm range and swore when his light came on he'd get at least 40 miles. I told him he wouldn't because of how fast the gas was being used up.. to his amazement we ran out of gas about 15 miles later.

dirtySAMURAI

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So I have a bad fuel sender...When my light comes on and I fill up, I usually only fill up 9 or 10 gallons.

thom

my gas tanks never sees under half full

dalaw

Went 40 miles one time with the light on

xRiCeBoYx

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or is it half empty...?

Cocky

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same here. i actually had almost an empty tank once.. that'll never happen again. i stay at no less than 1/4 of a tank, and that's rare.

Milamber

I went about 65~ miles after my light went on once, damn I was sweating

Anyone ever see that Seinfield, lol

zen_master

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i'll go about 30-35 miles......more than that? not good.........

morph

same here. it's been like that since i got it. i thought it was just the highway driving, not that anything was bad. i know if i took it back to the dealer, they'd say it was just a conservative warning. i've driven over 100 mi after the light comes on.

Mystic3030

Read your manual. It *should* come on at 3 gallons, which would give you at 35 MPG, 105 miles till totally empty.

zen_master

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3? i think it's 2 gallons........that means, 30-60 suppose to be the maximum range before you're stranted...

dma001

I rarely let my tank get below 1/4, but a friend of mine, an Accord owner, used to regularly let his light come on. He would normally always get about 50 miles after the light came on, but just recently when it happened, he only got about 5 miles before the car died. He couldn't figure it out, until I asked him where he was when the car conked out - it turned out that he going up a stretch of highway with a pretty steep incline.

I'm not positive that's what made the difference (I would think that there would still be enough gas even if it did slosh to one side of the tank), but he said it was odd that it was the only time he didn't get as far as he thought he would.

ramboa

For all of us who have been driving with the warning light on, always remember that the less fuel you have left in the tank, the more dirt the fuel pump is sucking in the line (dirt being heavier than gas, the rest on the bottom of the gas tank) which could prematurely ruin the filter and clog the injectors...
That is a big no...

CivicRookie

^ Yeah, i always keep that in mind, but since i've had the car i've always been driving a few miles after the fuel light has come on. I don't mean to do it, i just do.

SeCosCiV

I think it depends on how u are drivin. If u burn less fuel. The dealership told me that I have about 20 miles left after the light but im not tryin to find out.

zen_master

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i drive around 30 miles after the lights on...and constanly got 380 miles out of 12 gallon of gas.....hopefully this will continue..

Mystic3030

My manual says 3 gallons is when the light comes on....

dalaw

I probably wouldnt go with under 1 gallon left in the tank since the gasoline shifting in the tank can stall the engine.

morph

so its better to just let dirt build up in your tank?

the light came on with about 2 gallons left today....but i was stuck in stop-n-go traffic for an hour because of an accident. so 3 gal seems right...plus or minus 1.

Maurizio

I don't get it. So the dirt is at the bottom of the tank, but isn't that where the fuel is being taken from, even when the tank is full?

slick

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i normally try to get 350 miles per tank out of my car, its mainly city driving, some highway, like a 70/30 split. when my light goes on, i normally have to go another 20-30 miles before achieving 350miles. its normally 12 gallons when i fill up.
most i ever went was 90 miles after the light came on. when i filled up, i filled just over 13 gallons, i was lucky, pushed my luck hard, but got 455.7 miles out of that tank

Master

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Well usually you get as many miles till it actually runs out, there have been a couple threads about this search for them.