Roughly how many kilometers do you have left when your petrol gauge starts flashing?

Question

On a 1.5L engine

Answer 1

generally it means that you are down to the last 5% or so capacity of your fuel tank

so if it is a 1.5 litre my guess is it will have say a 40 litre tank that means you should have around 2 litres left my guess is no more than say 20km at the very best...

I hope you are with racq....grin

Answer 2

Look in you owners manuel how large is the "reserve" of your fuel tank. It is usually 5 liters but there is no fixed standard. You can work out what is the fuel consumption of your vehicle, how many kilometers you travel with 1 litre of petrol, or look in any car magazine what the average is for your specific vehicle.

My guess is that a 1,5L motor in normal city driving give approx. 12km/l times it by 5 litres give approx. 60km on the reserve. For safety I would say take it at 50km.

Just a caution - this is only if the low fuel tank light is flashing. If the petrol gauge itself is flashing I would call a friend to witness the event.

Answer 3

In most of the cars I have driven, there are at least 3 gallons (11 to 12 Litres) of fuel in the tank. I could go another 60 miles (96 km.)

You should be looking for a petrol station right away, and pull in before you go another 30 km. (The gas at the bottom of your tank can have more impurities.)

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Answer 4

In most cars the light (regardless of engine size) it comes on first when you only have enough gas for a further 80 kilometres. If the warning light starts flashing I would guess you have reached the 10 or 20 kilometre mark.

Answer 5

you have roughly 5 to 10 miles(8 to 16 kms.) left before your engine dies down if your driving like 55 mph(88 kms) give or take...

Answer 6

ROUGHLY IN MILES WHEN YOUR LIGHT COMES ON 25-35 DEPENDS WHAT SPEED YOUR DOING.

Answer 7

all the answers here are correct cause it depends on too many factors.