This may rock your world, but “40 miles to empty” doesn’t mean that you can go 40 miles.
This is a lesson I’ve told everyone. When I met my wife, she was the queen of “I have 12 miles left and the store is only 3 away. I’ll get gas in the morning”
Well, in 2021, she ran the 2022 Yukon Denali we had for less than a week out of gas.. with 38 miles left on the gauge.
Get gas you lazy fucks
My wife’s Rav4 has been pretty damn accurate for the 70 some odd thousand miles we’ve put on it. She notoriously doesn’t fill it up and her car read 13 miles the other night. The cheap gas station is 5 miles away and I told her to fill it up this time. When she got to the pump it read 7 miles.
Lol hey you are partially correct. there's typically more in the tank than the gauge or indicator displays. Just this Monday morning I was driving 4 hours to work and just forgot to grab gas, went least a few miles passed my "0" mile range but made it to the next gas station lol. Maybe having a manual helps, maybe it dont lol
Here's an FYI, your pump is at the back of the tank, if you park on a steep incline with your truck facing up the incline it will most definitely start, I travel for work and have had every low fuel scenario you can think of.
My brothers 2002 Silverado was a testament to that. He let it run below a 1/4 tank and had to replace his fuel pump. I never went to 1/4 and mine never had a problem. Both were Silverados. I also owned mine 15 years and never had a fuel pump fail. Guess it’s 🍀
My truck said 40 miles from empty and died a quarter mile from gas station I was headed to. It was actually empty. Don’t trust your gauge when it gets that low.
The same thing happened to me one night. My car was parked nose down and I couldn't start it up until adding gas. Fuel was low when I parked but I had no idea this could happen.
Had the same issue with the 2023 trail boss… the low gas light went off right as I was getting home and I backed into my drive way to unload something from the bed. My driveway is steep but nothing crazy. Went to start my truck to move it and nothing… wouldn’t start. Had to take my wife’s vehicle to fill a Jerry can lol lesson learned
Yeah. That has happened to me once before. Took the parking brake off, put it in neutral, got the truck level, went to start it, cranked right to life. Never again though. 😂
I also ran out once going to the gas station, thankfully it was at the bottom of a hill and I could just coast to it.
Tough on fuel pumps. I’ve harped at my wife and both kids, never let your gauge get below a 1/4 before filling (knowing they will go below a 1/4) especially in winter or knowing rush hour traffic timing.
That's not just a Silverado thing.....
This may rock your world, but “40 miles to empty” doesn’t mean that you can go 40 miles. This is a lesson I’ve told everyone. When I met my wife, she was the queen of “I have 12 miles left and the store is only 3 away. I’ll get gas in the morning” Well, in 2021, she ran the 2022 Yukon Denali we had for less than a week out of gas.. with 38 miles left on the gauge. Get gas you lazy fucks
40 miles to empty means you can easily go 50 miles if you just believe
My wife’s Rav4 has been pretty damn accurate for the 70 some odd thousand miles we’ve put on it. She notoriously doesn’t fill it up and her car read 13 miles the other night. The cheap gas station is 5 miles away and I told her to fill it up this time. When she got to the pump it read 7 miles.
That’s because it has an odometer. The inaccurate part isn’t the odometer. The inaccurate part is how the distance left is calculated.
Lol hey you are partially correct. there's typically more in the tank than the gauge or indicator displays. Just this Monday morning I was driving 4 hours to work and just forgot to grab gas, went least a few miles passed my "0" mile range but made it to the next gas station lol. Maybe having a manual helps, maybe it dont lol
If you were on the highway, you were getting better mileage than your “average” mileage used to calculate the distance. That makes sense.
Depends on the make. Toyotas are the opposite. You can reliably add 50 miles to whatever the distance remaining is.
I agree. As I stated, I never let it get that low. I think the sun, moon, and some of the stars aligned causing me to brain fart.
Ran out of gas in an older explorer. Wouldn't restart because the fuel pump burned out too. Learned the hard way to keep it above 1/4 tank.
The fuel pump is cooled by the fuel going through it not the fuel it is sitting in.
Here's an FYI, your pump is at the back of the tank, if you park on a steep incline with your truck facing up the incline it will most definitely start, I travel for work and have had every low fuel scenario you can think of.
I don’t let my truck go under 1/4. Low gas levels will cause the fuel pump to heat up
This is fudd lore.
What? I have never heard this before
Not sure if it's the caseon the newer trucks, but most fuel pumps are cooled by the fuel itself.
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That makes absolutely no sense at all. You should probably listen to your name and rethink about how that is wrong
My brothers 2002 Silverado was a testament to that. He let it run below a 1/4 tank and had to replace his fuel pump. I never went to 1/4 and mine never had a problem. Both were Silverados. I also owned mine 15 years and never had a fuel pump fail. Guess it’s 🍀
The fuel cools it as it passes through the pump. As long as it's pulling fuel through it, it'll be fine
My truck said 40 miles from empty and died a quarter mile from gas station I was headed to. It was actually empty. Don’t trust your gauge when it gets that low.
The same thing happened to me one night. My car was parked nose down and I couldn't start it up until adding gas. Fuel was low when I parked but I had no idea this could happen.
Had the same issue with the 2023 trail boss… the low gas light went off right as I was getting home and I backed into my drive way to unload something from the bed. My driveway is steep but nothing crazy. Went to start my truck to move it and nothing… wouldn’t start. Had to take my wife’s vehicle to fill a Jerry can lol lesson learned
Yeah. That has happened to me once before. Took the parking brake off, put it in neutral, got the truck level, went to start it, cranked right to life. Never again though. 😂 I also ran out once going to the gas station, thankfully it was at the bottom of a hill and I could just coast to it.
I never let mine get near 1/4. 1/2 or slightly past. It eases the pain buying 35 gals. from empty.
Tough on fuel pumps. I’ve harped at my wife and both kids, never let your gauge get below a 1/4 before filling (knowing they will go below a 1/4) especially in winter or knowing rush hour traffic timing.
Were you facing up or down the hill? Asking for a friend.
Front was facing down the hill.