Don't Rely On Your Fuel Light!!
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Don't Rely On Your Fuel Light!!
Well i was on the interstate heading somewhere when my truck looses power and my foot to the floor, nothing..About a sec later it kicks back into gear..Meanwhile my truck was ALMOST on E and no gas light so im good right?? Well when i left somewhere heading home on a regular highway, well it does it twice again, so im like **** i gotta get some gas, well i passed a gas station, and i was trying to make it to the regular place i feel up when.....
ALL POWER CEASES...tachs went down all light came on sterring COMPLETELTY LOCKED UP...i was like DDDAAAMMMNNNN. .. SO i steer it best i can into a parking lot..Waited a sec and it cranked up, so i babied it to the gas station i passed about 50 yards away...When i filled up it took a lil over my 16.5 gallon tank...cost 55$...
and to make it worse i only got 16.4 mpg...i usually get 18-19, so yeah
so NEVER EVER trust your gas light!!!! point well received truck Gods.
ALL POWER CEASES...tachs went down all light came on sterring COMPLETELTY LOCKED UP...i was like DDDAAAMMMNNNN. .. SO i steer it best i can into a parking lot..Waited a sec and it cranked up, so i babied it to the gas station i passed about 50 yards away...When i filled up it took a lil over my 16.5 gallon tank...cost 55$...
and to make it worse i only got 16.4 mpg...i usually get 18-19, so yeah
so NEVER EVER trust your gas light!!!! point well received truck Gods.
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whats average gas milage for 4.0?? 98 4x4
I bought my ranger to save on gas!!! I use to have an E 350 extended van for work but it was a gas hog...I mean, it cost me $$$ to haul my gas around
in that pig... about 10/11 miles a gallon!!! I usually just add $20.00 @ at time on my ranger ..cuts down a little on the weight.... unless I'm on a long trip.... I,m thinking I get about 16/17 with my trailer then around 20/21 with out....is that about right???
in that pig... about 10/11 miles a gallon!!! I usually just add $20.00 @ at time on my ranger ..cuts down a little on the weight.... unless I'm on a long trip.... I,m thinking I get about 16/17 with my trailer then around 20/21 with out....is that about right???
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Well, the red light is considered the dummy light.. if it blinks, just realize you better get to a gas station first thing and dont think about making it "to the next one" if you just passed on a block away, hehe
I always keep mine topped off.. that way I can hike it up in the middle of the night and scoot out into town and enver worry about getting low.. I've been with too many people that decide to go drive 40 miles and they are only at a quarter tank.. and that freaks me out, hehe
I always keep mine topped off.. that way I can hike it up in the middle of the night and scoot out into town and enver worry about getting low.. I've been with too many people that decide to go drive 40 miles and they are only at a quarter tank.. and that freaks me out, hehe
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you think you have problems? Try filling up, 17gallons, and your cruising down the road, gas light comes on, and gas gauage says u have 0 gas, zero, none, zip not a drop. and then goes back to full again... neat huh?
you think 10mpg is bad? Id KILL to have that in my work truck, which gets 7mpg in a 95 E350 cube van.
I bought my ranger to save on gas!!! I use to have an E 350 extended van for work but it was a gas hog...I mean, it cost me $$$ to haul my gas around
in that pig... about 10/11 miles a gallon!!! I usually just add $20.00 @ at time on my ranger ..cuts down a little on the weight.... unless I'm on a long trip.... I,m thinking I get about 16/17 with my trailer then around 20/21 with out....is that about right???
in that pig... about 10/11 miles a gallon!!! I usually just add $20.00 @ at time on my ranger ..cuts down a little on the weight.... unless I'm on a long trip.... I,m thinking I get about 16/17 with my trailer then around 20/21 with out....is that about right???
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i know what you mean, john, my '01's "fuel light" comes on when theres still 5 gallons of gas left in the tank. but, i guess thats in case your out wheeling in the middle of nowhere and need to drive 75 miles to a gas station.
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