I ran my gauge this far, trusting that I still had about a gallon of gas...guess what? 16. 13 gallons it took to fill up! LOL

 

Are you pushing to get a new fuel pump?

 

I put one in a couple of months ago! Don't want to break it, though...

 

That's more than they claim it takes, I guess you filled it up the fill tube. You must have heard it sigh with relief when it got some gas.
I ran mine until the light came on at the pump and this is the post I did at that time.
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...tml#post705354

 

"Mr Kramer, it needs it bad!" -Stan

 

I never ran it out of gas...the gauge is off! Doesn't quite point to full when it is!

 

While your purchasing fuel,check your tires air pressure. Your lights on. Squirrel Crusher

 

Haha I didn't notice that until you did.

 

Mine was pretty much at the same level when we were coming back from the Dragon this fall. I was never so happy to see Hays, KS. I think it took about 15 gallons when I filled it up.

 

I know the TPS light is on...I have a dead sensor...

 

Thought that was the case, one of mine went dead too. Thus the life of the high mileage crossfires. Mine is at 122k.

 

That's a really bad thing to do. You run the risk of picking up sentiments at the bottom of your fuel tank. Maybe your sputtered problem is a clogged fuel filter?

 

@InfernoRedXfire...the fuel filter was installed in July...

 

@philosophico...we have 128k on ours...

 

This theory only applies to fuel pumps inside the fuel tank
Ours is under the car and I don't believe that low fuel will cause pump failure

 

Yep.. I'm glad mine feeds off the top of the tank!

Have to agree with you here..

 

My sediments entirely.

I have no idea why there would be more chance of picking up crap from the bottom of the tank when it is empty, the pick up never moves. Any crap has more chance of drifting over to the strainer when the tank is full, as it is fuller most of the time. We have a big filter that comes after the strainer so I see no problem. Changing your filter is a waste of time and money unless you live in the boonies and buy your gas from Gomer's Gas, Grocery and Grits emporium every time. I do not think I have ever seen a problem on this forum from dirty gas causing filter problems. We have had poor gas from the refinery that ruined sensors. There has also been filters in which the pressure regulator has failed this causes problems as well.
See Valks thread on this subject.

 

Great clip from a great series.

 

I have squeezed in almost 16.5 gals into my xfire one time. It was a really hectic week with long hours so I basically came home, ate and crashed, got up and did it all again the next day. Stopped at a gas station on the way home that friday, after having driven 2 days with the light on. She was thirsty for suuuuuure!

By the way, the whole running with your tank always low causing clogged fuel filters/burnt up fuel pumps is a myth. Fuel pumps pull fuel from the absolute lowest point in every fuel tank 100% of the time. The particles that happen to be in the tank typically float slightly off the bottom of the tank (from less than 1/8th" to around 1") and slosh around with every change of direction the car makes, causing the particles to flow back and forth across the pick-up sock. Running the tank low has no effect on what gets picked up because what little is there is always at the bottom anyway.

 

I've put in 16.3 in recently...