I ran out of gas today =(
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I ran out of gas today =(
I was in the middle of nowhere when i realized my gas light come on... so make a story short the closes gas station when I could've filled up safely with out the car shutting down was being REMODELED WTF !!!, so i drove futher.
All of the sudden the boost would not kick in, - I am assuming this bc the car would have a governor kick in after 3500 rpms right before spooling, and the situation kept getting worse to where I turned the car off and roller to a stop due to the stuttering....
for future reference? can something break by running out of fuel like that? - what about the turbo / engine / ignition system... detonation..?
educate a bit.
All of the sudden the boost would not kick in, - I am assuming this bc the car would have a governor kick in after 3500 rpms right before spooling, and the situation kept getting worse to where I turned the car off and roller to a stop due to the stuttering....
for future reference? can something break by running out of fuel like that? - what about the turbo / engine / ignition system... detonation..?
educate a bit.
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Originally Posted by xballsport
So how did you end up getting gas? one more thing, was the next gas station more then 40 miles away? becuase usually thats how much we can drive after the light turns on.
yes I drove a long time with the light like that, specially since that first gas station was closed...
so i guess if the car is running fine now, no damage done.
I just wanted to know why was the "governor" kicking in - just to know what is happening internally - i guess besides leaning out
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So when the light comes on you should be able to go 40 miles or so..So when I light comes on you have 2-3 gals left..?
Originally Posted by xballsport
So how did you end up getting gas? one more thing, was the next gas station more then 40 miles away? becuase usually thats how much we can drive after the light turns on.
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how many miles were you able to drive after the gas light lid?
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I was in the middle of nowhere when i realized my gas light come on... so make a story short the closes gas station when I could've filled up safely with out the car shutting down was being REMODELED WTF !!!, so i drove futher.
All of the sudden the boost would not kick in, - I am assuming this bc the car would have a governor kick in after 3500 rpms right before spooling, and the situation kept getting worse to where I turned the car off and roller to a stop due to the stuttering....
for future reference? can something break by running out of fuel like that? - what about the turbo / engine / ignition system... detonation..?
educate a bit.
All of the sudden the boost would not kick in, - I am assuming this bc the car would have a governor kick in after 3500 rpms right before spooling, and the situation kept getting worse to where I turned the car off and roller to a stop due to the stuttering....
for future reference? can something break by running out of fuel like that? - what about the turbo / engine / ignition system... detonation..?
educate a bit.
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This happened to me too about three weeks ago. The guys are about right, I was able to get roughly 40 miles with the light on. I was negligent, but luckily I was only two miles from the nearest gas station. Lesson learned: don't put on more than 20 miles with the light on unless it is absolutetly necessary!!!
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Originally Posted by ONRAILS
why were you getting into boost in the first place when you knew you were low on gas and there wasn't a close gas station?
after I put the costo 93 octane gas though the car idless funny when i stop at a light. good thing I use up all that gas already, going back to Mobil next tome I drive it. - hopefully it was the "cheap" gas
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hope it wasn't too cheap though, you don't wanna put the watered down crap through your car man. i ran out of gas once and as i was taking the nearest exit to get gas my car stalled and died on the bridge/off ramp to the gas station. had to do the walk of shame all the way up the ramp to the shell station and back again. only way it could have been worse is if it was raining or something.
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Originally Posted by speed-demon
hope it wasn't too cheap though, you don't wanna put the watered down crap through your car man. i ran out of gas once and as i was taking the nearest exit to get gas my car stalled and died on the bridge/off ramp to the gas station. had to do the walk of shame all the way up the ramp to the shell station and back again. only way it could have been worse is if it was raining or something.
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Try putting a bottle of heat in your gastank. See if it has water in it.
Running on E durning this time of the year with the temps changeing constantly can cause water to collect in your tank.
Running on E durning this time of the year with the temps changeing constantly can cause water to collect in your tank.
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Originally Posted by Profoxcg
gas light come on... gas station .. was being REMODELED so i drove futher.... boost would not kick in....on kept getting worse to where I turned the car off and roller to a stop due to the stuttering.....
Slowly running out of gas can cause some serious combustion temps - fuel also cools that - so boosting was bad, not to mention use up remaining fuel.
Owners manual even says running out of gas will harm car.
Hopefully nothing is ruined, but at least replace FP to be safe if it gets safe.
Watch me go run out of gas today