How low on fuel can i drive my car before it stops running? Will it run with less than a fourth gallon?

Question

My car showed empty and it has a capacity of 11.8 gallons. I dont know how i can add 12.2 gallons into it?

Answer 1

Your car will run until it can no longer ignite the gas fumes. Most cars will continue to run briefly after there is no longer any level of liquid gasoline in the tank.

And as for your other question, stated fuel capacity is for the tank only, it does not include the fill tube. You can usually overfill your tank by a half gallon or so if you are patient enough at the pump, also depending on the make of your car (and the distance from the fuel spout to the tank).

Answer 2

Lucky for stupid people, and I am not saying you, but auto makers added a low fuel light to keep people from running out of gas. Once the light comes on, depending on the tank size, the car and how many miles per gallon your getting, you can expect anywhere from 1 gallon to, as in the case of my Excursion 6 gallons of fuel to be in the tank before it is dry. It is almost like the reserve tank on a motorcycle, and by doing this it affords you the oppourtunity to refuel before you run out, and since 98% of gas cars are fuel injected, it needs a positive return flow to the tank, if this doesn't happen it puts air into the system and unfortunatly you will need to take it somewhere to have the system pressurized, unless you remove a fuel line and turn the ignition to the run position and let the fuel pump, if electric, pump fuel to the open line. As far as having an 11.8 capacity and putting in 12.2, they do not take into account the extreme top of the tank and the filler neck, which affors you more fuel.

Answer 3

If you know that the total capacity of your tank is 11.8 and can prove it, and you filled up with 12.2 gallons and have a recite showing this information. Call your local Department of Weights and Measures.

The station fuel pump may be off a little due to lack of maintenance, or it might have been fiddled with to scam the public out of money.

Answer 4

Sounds like the meter at the gasoline station is faulty.
you have incorrect information on the capacity of your gas tank.
Your units of gallons for your car is different than the units of gallons that was being sold to you. (The canadian(Imperial) gallon is not the same as a US gallon)

If you car's capacity is shown in Imperial gallons, but when you went to the gas station they were priced in US gallons it's possible to put 12.2 US gallons into an 11.8 Imperial gallon tank.

Answer 5

Oh I go to that gas station too! Charge me over $3.00 a gallon and cheat me on the amount too! Look at the weights and measure sticker on the pump when was it last tested and when you doubt call that gas station into the department of weights and measures don't tell the station owner. There were these Russians who had a switch under the counter inside the station that would change the pump readings to there favor. Not all Stations are dishonest but why change your pumps if there off by a +10%

Answer 6

I alway thought that most cars have 2.5 to 3 gallons of gas in the tank when you are on E.

Answer 7

normally a fuel injected vehicle will have a reserve, my jeep has a 3 gallon reserve. yours sounds like it has a 2 gallon reserve or about a 13 gallon tank, also the colder the gas the denser it is and you can actually put more in

Answer 8

jared s....I think you need to re-read the question! You must not be smarter than mustard. The question asks 1/4 of a GALLON not TANK! Before you go insulting someone, you may want to look in the mirror and get your own life on track first.

Answer 9

No, yet faster or later you will run out, in all probability in heavy site visitors on the worst a threat time, so do no longer enable it get low. forget approximately approximately people who say whilst it gets low it sucks up airborne dirt and dirt on the backside of the tank. it continuously attracts from the backside of the tank, it is the place the pickup is. It does not flow around reckoning on your point, and there's a clear out around the pickup that doesn't enable issues different than a liquid to be picked up, and yet another clear out in the line.

Answer 10

You can never fill the tank on a older car completely,because sediment from the gas will always sit on the bottom of the tank. If you don't put gas in,the likely hood of engine damage increases. this is because you will pull this sediment into the engine block