Gas Light Flashing

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:29 pm

When the gas light starts flashing, how much gas do you have left, 1 gallon?

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:33 pm

Somewhere about that. I drove for about 5 miles to the gas station once my light started flashing once. It was damn near bone dry.

Post by **Diablo0** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:34 pm

I believe you have about a 1/2 gallon when it's flashing.

seisephiroth · Post by **seisephiroth** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:39 pm

half tank 0_o you mean half gallon, right?

Post by **Diablo0** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:40 pm

Ack... yes I mean gallon hahaha... fingers no worky, jason can't typey haha

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:41 pm

haha... there's a joke there, but i'll be nice.

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:04 pm

I thought it was about two gallons? I think I've had mine come on and I put about 10 gallons in. Our cars old 12 12.5 gallons right?

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:08 pm

1/2 gallon?! That's considered 'running on fumes', right?

OB · Post by OB » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:09 pm

capacity is indeed 12.5 gallons. Seems that every neon has a mind of its own in terms of when to turn the warning light on. I typically get gas right away when the first light comes on, and I put between 9.1 and 9.8 gallons in, depending on how long i drove while the light was on. Ive never pushed it to the flashing point, and never will unless its absolutly impossible for me to get gas. Ive heard one person say that the first light comes on when you have roughly 90 miles left (about 3 gallons give or take), and the flashing starts at about 30 miles (one gallon or so). only way to know for sure is to run the tank fully dry. Ive done it before in my old car years ago, but i sure as hell aint gonna do that to my neon!

atom · Post by **atom** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:45 pm

Light comes on at 1/8 of a tank and flashes at less then half a gallon. You could have much less or more then though becaues of the innacurate gas meter

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:32 am

When the light comes on you have roughly 2-2 1/2 gallons left in the tank, wich means you probably onle have 1 gallon usable due to the sloshing of the fuel in the tank...probably not even that much

*ICE* · Post by ***ICE*** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:54 pm

remember to Seafoam your gas tank before put gas in.

submaster.nick · Post by **submaster.nick** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:12 pm

the answer to your question is not enough to do anything but fill ip on gass and I'm with him a can of seaform every other oil change for me which is every other month..... I have that I drive so much for my job

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:07 pm

um when your light is on i think you have a gallon or two...but when it's flashing your basically running on fumes

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:50 pm

Why not just get some gas when it comes on the first time?

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:58 pm

Maybe you're on the highway and trying to make it to the next gas stop. If you're not paying careful attention in some parts, you can go many many miles before hitting the next gas stop.

Wisher2 · Post by **Wisher2** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:57 pm

Sorry to Highjack but What would you say the problem is if all of a sudden your guage will only go to 3/4th of a tank instead of a full tank when you fill up?

OB · Post by OB » Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:38 am

sensor or wires are probably damaged in some way.

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:45 am

TheRandom1 wrote:Maybe you're on the highway and trying to make it to the next gas stop. If you're not paying careful attention in some parts, you can go many many miles before hitting the next gas stop.

If you're going on a trip like that it's your own fault for not filling up then. Sometimes it requires you to look at your gas gauge and or actually plan ahead. God forbid we put fuel in before the light comes on.

oh well...

Matt

xSEED · Post by **xSEED** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:01 am

didn't the manual say 1.5gal?

mine comes on when the needly hits the top end of the red.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:27 am

xSEED wrote:didn't the manual say 1.5gal?

mine comes on when the needly hits the top end of the red.

Agreed, so plan ahead...
If your light is on and you average about 30mpg, figure you can safely run 15 more miles before your screwed...

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:17 am

fixitmattman wrote:
TheRandom1 wrote:Maybe you're on the highway and trying to make it to the next gas stop. If you're not paying careful attention in some parts, you can go many many miles before hitting the next gas stop.
If you're going on a trip like that it's your own fault for not filling up then. Sometimes it requires you to look at your gas gauge and or actually plan ahead. God forbid we put fuel in before the light comes on.

oh well...

Matt

Yes, obviously you put gas in as soon as possible. You can look at your gas gauge all you want, what if there's one gas station listed at the next offramp but it's closed? Do you stop and wait all night for it to reopen, or keep going and try to make it to the next station? All I'm saying is that it DOES happen occasionally.

RopeRat1 · Post by **RopeRat1** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:24 pm

Owners' manuals list the lamp on at approx. 1.5-2 gallons and the lamp flashes at 0.5 gallons.

Fuel system rich/lean monitors, misfire monitors, etc. are turned off when the fuel lamp turns on. This reduces the chance of setting a code and turning on the MIL.

Running the tank that low wears out the fuel pump much faster than normal because the pump is cooled by fuel flowing thru it and air picked up by the low fuel sloshing runs the pump dry.

Jonathan (RopeRat1)

Post by **racer12306** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:13 pm

hmm, i must have a problem because i know i have driven atleast 50 or more miles after the light came on and it still wasnt flashing.